Climate averages 1991–2020
Bafra 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 Bafra: daytime highs average 10.7°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samsun (48 km away). In December its highs average 10.5°C, about as warm as Bafra, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Bafra ranks joint 47th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 58th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Bafra is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 68 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
Bafra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 68 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 9.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 60 | 10.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 73 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 59 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 55 | 9.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 22.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 42 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 27 | 5.5 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 67 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 10.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 9.29 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
- Samsun in DecemberTurkey · 48 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Amasya in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Ünye in DecemberTurkey · 125 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Turhal in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 138 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Fatsa in DecemberTurkey · 146 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Tokat in DecemberTurkey · 150 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Kastamonu in DecemberTurkey · 179 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 59 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 Bafra) is explained once on the Bafra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.