Climate averages 1991–2020
Amasya weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Amasya: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (36 km away). In December its highs average 8.1°C, about as warm as Amasya, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Amasya ranks 91st of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Amasya is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 48 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
Amasya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 48 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 38 | 8.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 8.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 55 | 9.0 | 9.39 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
- Turhal in DecemberTurkey · 36 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Tokat in DecemberTurkey · 72 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 75 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Samsun in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Bafra in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Yozgat in DecemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Ünye in DecemberTurkey · 134 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Sivas in DecemberTurkey · 142 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 44 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 Amasya) is explained once on the Amasya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.