Kirkuk climate

Kirkuk Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Kirkuk, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 17°C on December 1 to 14°C on December 31, and lows from 6°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 6 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Kirkuk, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
5°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Reanalysis high
29°CDec 4, 2010
Reanalysis low
-6°CDec 6, 1994
Daylight
9 h 57 min to 9 h 48 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
61%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 117°C6°C25°C 20101°C 201124%
Dec 217°C6°C24°C 20100°C 201124%
Dec 317°C6°C28°C 20100°C 201524%
Dec 417°C6°C29°C 2010-2°C 201524%
Dec 517°C6°C27°C 2010-5°C 199425%
Dec 616°C6°C24°C 2005-6°C 199426%
Dec 716°C6°C26°C 2005-5°C 199426%
Dec 816°C6°C26°C 2005-1°C 199426%
Dec 916°C5°C24°C 2005-2°C 201326%
Dec 1015°C5°C26°C 2005-4°C 201324%
Dec 1115°C5°C26°C 2005-2°C 201323%
Dec 1215°C5°C21°C 20051°C 200823%
Dec 1315°C5°C22°C 2005-1°C 200223%
Dec 1415°C5°C22°C 2005-3°C 200222%
Dec 1515°C5°C22°C 2005-1°C 200220%
Dec 1615°C4°C21°C 1998-3°C 201320%
Dec 1714°C4°C20°C 1999-2°C 201319%
Dec 1814°C4°C22°C 1999-3°C 200418%
Dec 1914°C4°C20°C 2019-1°C 200718%
Dec 2014°C4°C21°C 2011-3°C 200719%
Dec 2114°C4°C22°C 1999-2°C 200718%
Dec 2214°C4°C21°C 1999-2°C 200117%
Dec 2314°C4°C21°C 2009-2°C 200216%
Dec 2414°C4°C19°C 2009-3°C 200217%
Dec 2514°C4°C18°C 1998-2°C 202016%
Dec 2614°C4°C20°C 2017-2°C 199217%
Dec 2714°C4°C21°C 2017-2°C 199218%
Dec 2814°C4°C21°C 2010-6°C 199218%
Dec 2914°C3°C19°C 2010-4°C 200619%
Dec 3014°C3°C20°C 2017-3°C 200621%
Dec 3114°C3°C24°C 1999-3°C 200621%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Kirkuk, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

December 1
sunrise 6:53 AM, sunset 4:50 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 4:59 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.