Climate averages 1991–2020
Samsun weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Samsun: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafra (48 km away). In December its highs average 10.7°C, about as warm as Samsun, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samsun ranks joint 53rd of 138 for the warmest December highs and 77th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Samsun is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 82 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
Samsun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 82 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 73 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 12.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 79 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 89 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 9.39 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
- Bafra in DecemberTurkey · 48 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Ünye in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Amasya in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Fatsa in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Turhal in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Tokat in DecemberTurkey · 109 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Ordu in DecemberTurkey · 134 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 142 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 59 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 Samsun) is explained once on the Samsun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.