Climate averages 1991–2020
Karaman weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Karaman: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Ereğli (Konya), Turkey (82 km away). In December its highs average 7.6°C, about as warm as Karaman, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karaman ranks joint 102nd of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 14th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Karaman is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 45 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
Karaman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.4°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 40 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 37 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.1 | 1.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 7.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 48 | 7.7 | 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
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in DecemberTurkey · 82 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Konya in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Silifke in DecemberTurkey · 110 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Alanya in DecemberTurkey · 129 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Mersin in DecemberTurkey · 133 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Aksaray in DecemberTurkey · 150 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Tarsus in DecemberTurkey · 152 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Niğde in DecemberTurkey · 156 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 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 Karaman) is explained once on the Karaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.