Climate averages 1991–2020
Sivas weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Sivas: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokat (74 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, 4.1°C warmer than Sivas, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Sivas ranks 125th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Sivas is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 46 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
Sivas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 3.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.49 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
- Tokat in DecemberTurkey · 74 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Turhal in DecemberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Amasya in DecemberTurkey · 142 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Fatsa in DecemberTurkey · 148 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Ordu in DecemberTurkey · 155 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Ünye in DecemberTurkey · 157 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Elbistan in DecemberTurkey · 172 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Kayseri in DecemberTurkey · 174 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 48 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 Sivas) is explained once on the Sivas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.