Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahramanmaraş weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kahramanmaraş: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaziantep (71 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, about as warm as Kahramanmaraş, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kahramanmaraş ranks joint 78th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 104th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kahramanmaraş is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 mm to 109 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
Kahramanmaraş 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-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 109 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 83 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 73 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 49 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 31 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 5.3 | 1.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 6.7 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 9.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 105 | 10.1 | 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
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 71 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Elbistan in DecemberTurkey · 73 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Kadirli in DecemberTurkey · 77 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 83 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Kilis in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Kozan in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 116 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 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 Kahramanmaraş) is explained once on the Kahramanmaraş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.