Climate averages 1991–2020
Karabük weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Karabük: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bartın (54 km away). In December its highs average 10.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Karabük, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karabük ranks joint 83rd 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; Karabük is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 7.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 76 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
Karabük climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 76 | 12.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 77 | 12.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 12.6°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 91 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 84 | 12.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 40 | 7.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 35 | 6.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 47 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 66 | 9.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 64 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 9.39 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
- Bartın in DecemberTurkey · 54 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Zonguldak in DecemberTurkey · 75 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Kastamonu in DecemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Bolu in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Ereğli (Zonguldak Province), Turkey in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Çankırı in DecemberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Düzce in DecemberTurkey · 129 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Ankara in DecemberTurkey · 144 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 53 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 Karabük) is explained once on the Karabük year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.