Climate averages 1991–2020
Samandağ weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Samandağ: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 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 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Antakya (22 km away). In December its highs average 14.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Samandağ, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samandağ ranks 3rd of 138 for the warmest December highs and 124th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Samandağ is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 131 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
Samandağ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 131 | 13.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 116 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 103 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 45 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 6.3 | 2.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 6.5 | 2.7 | 13.514 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 26 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 51 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 15.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 124 | 11.5 | 9.810 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
- Antakya in DecemberTurkey · 22 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 38 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- İskenderun in DecemberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 8.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Idlib in DecemberSyria · 61 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Latakia in DecemberSyria · 63 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 106 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Aleppo in DecemberSyria · 107 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Osmaniye in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 102 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 Samandağ) is explained once on the Samandağ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.