Elazığ Weather in December
Elazığ in December
The short of it: Elazığ in December averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 28 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 7° · low 0° · rain 86 mm · daylight 9 h 28 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Elazığ an average December high of 7°, a low of 0° and some 86 mm of rain. Highs fall 7° against November, to near 7°; nights run about 0°. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 9 h 28 min in mid-December, 32 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Elazığ runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Sarıçubuk, 9 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
December in Elazığ, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 7° colder, 19 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h