Climate averages 1991–2020
Çanakkale weather
in December.
A cool, 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 Çanakkale: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ayvalık (96 km away). In December its highs average 12.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Çanakkale, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çanakkale ranks joint 44th 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; Çanakkale is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 84 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
Çanakkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 84 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 81 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 53 | 7.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 38 | 4.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 73 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 10.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 94 | 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
- Ayvalık in DecemberTurkey · 96 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 8.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Tekirdağ in DecemberTurkey · 130 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 4.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Bandırma in DecemberTurkey · 135 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Balıkesir in DecemberTurkey · 138 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Soma in DecemberTurkey · 149 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in DecemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Çorlu in DecemberTurkey · 162 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 3.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Edirne in DecemberTurkey · 170 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 60 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 Çanakkale) is explained once on the Çanakkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.