Climate averages 1991–2020
Arnavutköy weather
in December.
A cool, moderately 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 Arnavutköy: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Başakşehir (10 km away). In December its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Arnavutköy, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Arnavutköy ranks joint 73rd of 138 for the warmest December highs and 70th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Arnavutköy is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 73 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
Arnavutköy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.6°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 65 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 66 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 42 | 7.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 32 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 29 | 5.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 24 | 3.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 21 | 4.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 50 | 6.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 78 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 64 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 9.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.3 | 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
- Başakşehir in DecemberTurkey · 10 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 5.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Sultangazi in DecemberTurkey · 14 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 5.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Esenyurt in DecemberTurkey · 18 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Küçükçekmece in DecemberTurkey · 22 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Beylikdüzü in DecemberTurkey · 24 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 6.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Şişli in DecemberTurkey · 25 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Istanbul in DecemberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Üsküdar in DecemberTurkey · 29 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 6.1°C · 99 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 Arnavutköy) is explained once on the Arnavutköy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.