Climate averages 1991–2020
Muş weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Muş: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tatvan (74 km away). In December its highs average 2.6°C, about as warm as Muş, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Muş ranks joint 129th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 120th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Muş is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 118 mm to 119 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
Muş 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-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 119 | 11.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.1°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 123 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 147 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 162 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 132 | 17.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 39 | 7.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 12 | 3.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 7.1 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 82 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 93 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 118 | 10.7 | 9.510 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
- Tatvan in DecemberTurkey · 74 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Siirt in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Batman in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 122 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 131 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Erzurum in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Diyarbakır in DecemberTurkey · 143 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 90 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 Muş) is explained once on the Muş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.