Climate averages 1991–2020
Muğla weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Muğla: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazilli (78 km away). In December its highs average 13.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Muğla, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Muğla ranks joint 37th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 133rd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Muğla is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 153 mm to 159 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
Muğla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 159 | 12.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 137 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 26 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 79 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 11.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 153 | 12.0 | 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
- Nazilli in DecemberTurkey · 78 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Aydın in DecemberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Merkezefendi in DecemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Denizli in DecemberTurkey · 89 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Salihli in DecemberTurkey · 142 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Turgutlu in DecemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 91 mm rain
- İzmir in DecemberTurkey · 171 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Bornova in DecemberTurkey · 172 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 109 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 Muğla) is explained once on the Muğla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.