Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsuz weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 409 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 2.7°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
December is a cool month in Arsuz: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 10.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is İskenderun (32 km away). In December its highs average 14.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Arsuz, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Arsuz ranks 4th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 123rd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Arsuz is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 130 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
Arsuz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 130 | 12.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 124 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 109 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 75 | 9.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 47 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 15 | 3.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 6.1 | 1.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 5.5 | 2.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 72 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 84 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 123 | 11.9 | 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
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 32 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Antakya in DecemberTurkey · 33 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Samandağ in DecemberTurkey · 38 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Adana in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 86 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 98 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 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 Arsuz) is explained once on the Arsuz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.