Climate averages 1991–2020
Gölbaşı weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Gölbaşı: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ankara (15 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Gölbaşı, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gölbaşı ranks joint 109th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Gölbaşı is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 51 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
Gölbaşı climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 51 | 8.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.8°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 54 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 10.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 47 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 32 | 6.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 30.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 10 | 2.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 28 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 40 | 6.1 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 6.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 52 | 9.1 | 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
- Ankara in DecemberTurkey · 15 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in DecemberTurkey · 60 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Polatlı in DecemberTurkey · 62 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Çankırı in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Kırşehir in DecemberTurkey · 137 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Bolu in DecemberTurkey · 147 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Karabük in DecemberTurkey · 158 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Yozgat in DecemberTurkey · 170 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 55 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 Gölbaşı) is explained once on the Gölbaşı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.