Climate averages 1991–2020
Batman weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Batman: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismil (42 km away). In December its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Batman, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Batman ranks joint 73rd of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 78th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Batman is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 95 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
Batman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 95 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 95 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 110 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 104 | 11.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 57 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 33.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.2 | 2.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| August | 38.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 6.0 | 1.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 46 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 65 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 94 | 10.5 | 9.610 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
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 55 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Siirt in DecemberTurkey · 71 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 72 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in DecemberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 92 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in DecemberSyria · 93 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Muş in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 118 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 Batman) is explained once on the Batman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.