Climate averages 1991–2020
Şanlıurfa weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Şanlıurfa: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 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 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suruç (39 km away). In December its highs average 11.5°C, about as warm as Şanlıurfa, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Şanlıurfa ranks joint 41st of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 54th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Şanlıurfa is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 85 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
Şanlıurfa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 85 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 73 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 65 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 37 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 11.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 10.1 | 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
- Suruç in DecemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 70 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Adıyaman in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Viranşehir in DecemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Nizip in DecemberTurkey · 90 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Manbij in DecemberSyria · 103 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Gaziantep in DecemberTurkey · 126 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 79 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 Şanlıurfa) is explained once on the Şanlıurfa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.