Climate averages 1991–2020
Kozan weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kozan: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadirli (26 km away). In December its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Kozan, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kozan ranks 18th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 132nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Kozan is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 11.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 149 mm to 141 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
Kozan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 141 | 10.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.8°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 119 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 146 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 143 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 133 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 75 | 10.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 33 | 6.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 50 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 61 | 6.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 97 | 6.7 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 13.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 149 | 10.0 | 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
- Kadirli in DecemberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 4.2°C · 90 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 48 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 57 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Adana in DecemberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Tarsus in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 117 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Niğde in DecemberTurkey · 115 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 Kozan) is explained once on the Kozan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.