Climate averages 1991–2020
Adıyaman weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Adıyaman: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kâhta (31 km away). In December its highs average 9.1°C, about as warm as Adıyaman, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Adıyaman ranks joint 78th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 116th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Adıyaman is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 118 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
Adıyaman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 118 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.5°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 70 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 51 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 32 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August | 36.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 9.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 115 | 10.7 | 9.610 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
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 31 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Malatya in DecemberTurkey · 65 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 89 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 91 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 94 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Elbistan in DecemberTurkey · 106 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 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 Adıyaman) is explained once on the Adıyaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.