Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaziantep weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Gaziantep: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gaziantep, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gaziantep ranks joint 80th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 54th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Gaziantep is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 77 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
Gaziantep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 77 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 42 | 8.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 6.5 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 35.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 48 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 79 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 37 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kilis in DecemberTurkey · 45 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in DecemberTurkey · 71 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Al Bāb in DecemberSyria · 78 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 78 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 93 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 97 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 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 Gaziantep) is explained once on the Gaziantep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.