Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In December its highs average 9.4°C, 5.5°C warmer than Elbistan, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks 124th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 31st of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Elbistan is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 58 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elbistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 3.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kahramanmaraş in DecemberTurkey · 73 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Malatya in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Adıyaman in DecemberTurkey · 106 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 129 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 133 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Kadirli in DecemberTurkey · 134 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 143 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kozan in DecemberTurkey · 147 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 149 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 Elbistan) is explained once on the Elbistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.