Climate averages 1991–2020
Kayseri weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kayseri: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (68 km away). In December its highs average 6.3°C, about as warm as Kayseri, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kayseri ranks joint 114th 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; Kayseri is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 4.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 50 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
Kayseri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 50 | 8.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 66 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 74 | 13.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 8.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 37 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 48 | 8.8 | 9.510 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
- Nevşehir in DecemberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Niğde in DecemberTurkey · 110 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Kırşehir in DecemberTurkey · 123 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Aksaray in DecemberTurkey · 133 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Yozgat in DecemberTurkey · 134 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Kozan in DecemberTurkey · 145 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Elbistan in DecemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Kadirli in DecemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 90 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 Kayseri) is explained once on the Kayseri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.