Climate averages 1991–2020
Alanya weather
in December.
A cool, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Alanya: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manavgat (57 km away). In December its highs average 14.1°C, about as warm as Alanya, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Alanya ranks 7th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 134th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Alanya is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 179 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
Alanya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 179 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.1°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 131 | 10.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 94 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 8.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 18 | 4.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.4 | 2.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 11 | 3.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 53 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 117 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 182 | 11.2 | 9.710 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
- Manavgat in DecemberTurkey · 57 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Belek in DecemberTurkey · 91 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 255 mm rain
- Muratpaşa in DecemberTurkey · 117 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 222 mm rain
- Antalya in DecemberTurkey · 123 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Karaman in DecemberTurkey · 129 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Konya in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Silifke in DecemberTurkey · 174 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Isparta in DecemberTurkey · 187 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.4°C · 98 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 Alanya) is explained once on the Alanya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.