Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksaray weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Aksaray: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (66 km away). In December its highs average 6.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Aksaray, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Aksaray ranks 100th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Aksaray is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 42 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
Aksaray climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 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
- Nevşehir in DecemberTurkey · 66 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Niğde in DecemberTurkey · 73 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Kırşehir in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in DecemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Kayseri in DecemberTurkey · 133 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Konya in DecemberTurkey · 146 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Karaman in DecemberTurkey · 150 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in DecemberTurkey · 170 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 48 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 Aksaray) is explained once on the Aksaray year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.