Weather in Van in December 2025
Average weather
Average temperature in Van in December
Going from a maximum of +12°C during the day to a minimum of -6°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +8°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 22% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +10°C to +6°C.
Is Van warm or cold in December?
Van is typically cool in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +10°C to +5°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +3°C to -2°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
December is one of the coolest months in Van, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Van in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +10°C | +5°C | +2°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -11°C | -15°C | -19°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +18°C | +17°C | +11°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 35 mm | 19 mm | 10 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 69% | 75% | 76% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1019 HPa | 1020 HPa | 1020 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 16 | 17 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 2 | 7 | 11 | ||||
December typically has worse weather conditions compared to November. It’s getting colder in December. From +10°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +5°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 35 mm to 19 mm. Humidity rises from 69% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 6 sunny days in November to 3 in December.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Van is gradually increasing during December, going from 1 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
December is one of the snowiest months in Van.
Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last December in Van?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Van in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1992 (+13°C) and the highest in 2010 (+17°C). The driest year was 2008 with only 165 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1988 with 446 mm.
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Monthly weather in Van
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Van, 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.
