Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilis weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kilis: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaziantep (45 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Kilis, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kilis ranks 46th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 46th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kilis is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 69 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
Kilis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 69 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 58 | 9.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 35.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 69 | 9.3 | 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
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 45 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Al Bāb in DecemberSyria · 53 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 57 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 69 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 78 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 97 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 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 Kilis) is explained once on the Kilis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.