Climate averages 1991–2020
Balıkesir weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Balıkesir: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 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 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soma (57 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Balıkesir, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Balıkesir ranks 59th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 57th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Balıkesir is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 76 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
Balıkesir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 76 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 53 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 10.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Soma in DecemberTurkey · 57 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Mustafakemalpaşa in DecemberTurkey · 62 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 88 mm rain
- Bandırma in DecemberTurkey · 79 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Akhisar in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Nilüfer in DecemberTurkey · 108 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Ayvalık in DecemberTurkey · 109 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Bursa in DecemberTurkey · 117 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Manisa in DecemberTurkey · 122 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 108 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 Balıkesir) is explained once on the Balıkesir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.