Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Rize: daytime highs average 10.4°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In December its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Rize, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks joint 56th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 127th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Rize is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 134 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
Rize climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 134 | 15.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 134 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 115 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 152 | 19.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 169 | 19.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 169 | 20.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 193 | 22.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 236 | 18.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 227 | 17.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 157 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 132 | 13.3 | 9.39 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
- Batumi in DecemberGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Erzurum in DecemberTurkey · 139 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in DecemberTurkey · 167 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Giresun in DecemberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Kars in DecemberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Ordu in DecemberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kutaisi in DecemberGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 238 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 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 Rize) is explained once on the Rize year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.