Climate averages 1991–2020
Yüksekova weather
in December.
A cold month with heavy precipitation: 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 Yüksekova: daytime highs average 1.4°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with heavy precipitation (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hakkâri (48 km away). In December its highs average 2.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Yüksekova, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Yüksekova ranks 136th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 113th of 138 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Yüksekova is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -1.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 110 mm to 116 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
Yüksekova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 116 | 10.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 0.3°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 119 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 143 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 111 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 72 | 14.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 4.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.5 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 44 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 7.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 1.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 110 | 9.8 | 9.610 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
- Hakkâri in DecemberTurkey · 48 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -7.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in DecemberIran · 70 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Salmās in DecemberIran · 81 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.1°C · 27 mm rain
- 'Ākra in DecemberIraq · 100 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Soran in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Naqadeh in DecemberIran · 119 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Piranshahr in DecemberIran · 123 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Khūy in DecemberIran · 123 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 32 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 Yüksekova) is explained once on the Yüksekova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.