Climate averages 1991–2020
Diyarbakır weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Diyarbakır: daytime highs average 8.8°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismil (40 km away). In December its highs average 10.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Diyarbakır, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Diyarbakır ranks 88th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 72nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Diyarbakır is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 93 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
Diyarbakır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 93 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 97 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 91 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.9 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.3 | 1.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 8.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 90 | 10.0 | 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 · 40 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Batman in DecemberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Viranşehir in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 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 Diyarbakır) is explained once on the Diyarbakır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.