Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kars: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In December its highs average 0.1°C, about as warm as Kars, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks 137th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 138 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kars is 8.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 36 mm to 35 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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 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
- Gyumri in DecemberArmenia · 68 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Iğdır in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Vanadzor in DecemberArmenia · 121 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -7.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 130 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in DecemberTurkey · 145 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Batumi in DecemberGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 168 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.