İliç Weather in December
İliç in December
The short of it: İliç in December averages a high of 5 °C (40 °F) and a low of -1 °C (30 °F), with 75 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 9 h 24 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low -1° · rain 75 mm · daylight 9 h 24 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: September & October
Thirty years of records give İliç an average December high of 5°, a low of -1° and some 75 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 5°; nights run about -1°. Wet spells are common — about 75 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 9 h 24 min in mid-December, 33 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 September and October.
Against its neighbours, İliç runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Kemaliye, 22 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in İliç, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 14 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 3° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 24 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h