Climate averages 1991–2020
Midyat weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Midyat: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qāmishlī (42 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, 3.3°C warmer than Midyat, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Midyat ranks joint 89th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 60th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Midyat is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 88 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
Midyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 88 | 12.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 106 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 98 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 36.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.4 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 8.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 83 | 10.4 | 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
- Al Qāmishlī in DecemberSyria · 42 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 54 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Batman in DecemberTurkey · 55 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 72 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Cizre in DecemberTurkey · 75 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 76 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Siirt in DecemberTurkey · 78 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Silopi in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 98 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 Midyat) is explained once on the Midyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.