Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzurum weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Erzurum: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muş (132 km away). In December its highs average 2.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Erzurum, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzurum ranks 138th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 138 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Erzurum is 8.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 36 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
Erzurum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 42 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 3.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 65 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 84 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 103 | 19.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 24.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 7.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 0.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 37 | 7.3 | 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
- Muş in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Rize in DecemberTurkey · 139 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 152 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 155 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Kars in DecemberTurkey · 172 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Tatvan in DecemberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 95 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 Erzurum) is explained once on the Erzurum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.