Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Antakya: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In December its highs average 15.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Antakya, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks joint 9th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 100th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Antakya is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 107 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
Antakya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 107 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 103 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 87 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 56 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 33 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 103 | 11.0 | 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
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 22 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 33 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 53 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 82 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 97 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 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 Antakya) is explained once on the Antakya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.