Erbil is typically mild in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +70°F to +59°F. The minimum temperature also goes down from +48°F to +39°F.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

December is one of the coolest months in Erbil, here is the comparison with other months:

December weather is still as good as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +70°F in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +59°F. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 56 mm to 70 mm. Humidity rises from 59% to 72%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 13 sunny days in November to 11 in December.

January brings much the same weather, it remains good.

The climate in Erbil in December has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+76°F) and the highest in 2021 (+85°F). The driest year was 2021 with only 176 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1988 with 694 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Erbil, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.