Climate averages 1991–2020
Iğdır weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th 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 Iğdır: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Doğubayazıt (42 km away). In December its highs average 3.5°C, 2.4°C cooler than Iğdır, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Iğdır ranks 119th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Iğdır is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Iğdır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 29 | 5.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 16.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 29 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 16 | 5.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 5.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.49 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Doğubayazıt in DecemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 49 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 89 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Gyumri in DecemberArmenia · 98 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Vanadzor in DecemberArmenia · 105 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Kars in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Erciş in DecemberTurkey · 116 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 128 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 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 Iğdır) is explained once on the Iğdır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.