Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Silopi: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Silopi, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks joint 31st of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 85th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Silopi is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 105 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
Silopi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 105 | 10.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 105 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 38.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 62 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 11.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 98 | 9.5 | 9.710 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
- Zaxo in DecemberIraq · 22 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Cizre in DecemberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Sumayl in DecemberIraq · 55 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Simele in DecemberIraq · 55 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Dihok in DecemberIraq · 63 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Sīnah in DecemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Siirt in DecemberTurkey · 89 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 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 Silopi) is explained once on the Silopi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.