Climate averages 1991–2020
Malatya weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Malatya: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adıyaman (65 km away). In December its highs average 9.4°C, 3.7°C warmer than Malatya, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Malatya ranks joint 120th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 67th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Malatya is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 3.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 90 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
Malatya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 90 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 75 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 75 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 74 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 65 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 17 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 86 | 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
- Adıyaman in DecemberTurkey · 65 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Akçapınar in DecemberTurkey · 86 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Elazığ in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Elbistan in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 110 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in DecemberTurkey · 138 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in DecemberTurkey · 149 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 105 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 Malatya) is explained once on the Malatya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.