Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In December its highs average 17.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nicosia, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 16.9°C; Nicosia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Larnaca in DecemberCyprus · 37 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Limassol in DecemberCyprus · 62 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Silifke in DecemberTurkey · 144 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Alanya in DecemberTurkey · 195 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Mersin in DecemberTurkey · 216 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Karaman in DecemberTurkey · 224 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 225 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in DecemberSyria · 233 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 122 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.