Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzincan weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Erzincan: daytime highs average 1.6°C and nights cool to about -6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (100 km away). In December its highs average 6.1°C, 4.5°C warmer than Erzincan, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzincan ranks 135th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 30th of 138 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Erzincan is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 57 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Erzincan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 64 | 9.4 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.3°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 61 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 83 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 88 | 13.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 97 | 17.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 55 | 10.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 26 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 4.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 61 | 7.6 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Akçapınar in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Elazığ in DecemberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 128 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Erzurum in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Giresun in DecemberTurkey · 161 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Rize in DecemberTurkey · 167 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Malatya in DecemberTurkey · 185 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Ordu in DecemberTurkey · 193 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 116 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Erzincan) is explained once on the Erzincan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.