Çukurca Weather in January
Çukurca in January
The short of it: Çukurca in January averages a high of 4 °C (39 °F) and a low of -4 °C (24 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -4° · rain 112 mm · daylight 9 h 52 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Çukurca an average January high of 4°, a low of -4° and some 112 mm of rain. Çukurca's coldest stretch of the year, 4° by day and -4° by night. Wet spells are common — about 112 mm, the 4th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 9 h 52 min in mid-January, 15 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Çukurca runs about middling and wetter than most in January. Gündeş, 16 km to the WNW, is 2° cooler by day.
January in Çukurca, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 3° colder, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GündeşHakkâri | 16 km WNW | 2° | -6° | 105 mm |
| HetiteDuhok | 17 km SSE | 4° | -4° | 107 mm |
| Dêrelûk Devera NihêliyaDuhok | 22 km S | 8° | 0° | 160 mm |
| TaşbaşıHakkâri | 22 km NW | 1° | -6° | 100 mm |
| ÇığlıHakkâri | 23 km WNW | 1° | -6° | 96 mm |
| HetitDuhok | 25 km SSE | 7° | -1° | 157 mm |
| Taxa CheyaDuhok | 27 km SSE | 8° | 0° | 164 mm |
| ShelādizDuhok | 28 km SSE | 8° | 0° | 164 mm |