Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakkâri weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Hakkâri: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yüksekova (48 km away). In December its highs average 1.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Hakkâri, with 110 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Hakkâri ranks joint 129th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 128th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Hakkâri is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 134 mm to 140 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
Hakkâri 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 | 140 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 140 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 170 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 140 | 14.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 88 | 15.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 4.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 55 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 8.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 134 | 10.6 | 9.610 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
- Yüksekova in DecemberTurkey · 48 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -7.5°C · 110 mm precipitation
- 'Ākra in DecemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Dihok in DecemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Zaxo in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Sīnah in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Van in DecemberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Simele in DecemberIraq · 112 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sumayl in DecemberIraq · 112 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 75 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 Hakkâri) is explained once on the Hakkâri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.