Climate averages 1991–2020
Silifke weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Silifke: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (79 km away). In December its highs average 14.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Silifke, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silifke ranks 1st of 138 for the warmest December highs and 121st of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Silifke is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 119 mm to 97 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
Silifke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 68 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 58 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 25 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 15.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 119 | 9.4 | 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
- Mersin in DecemberTurkey · 79 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Tarsus in DecemberTurkey · 104 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Karaman in DecemberTurkey · 110 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in DecemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Adana in DecemberTurkey · 141 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Nicosia in DecemberCyprus · 144 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Larnaca in DecemberCyprus · 164 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Alanya in DecemberTurkey · 174 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 182 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 Silifke) is explained once on the Silifke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.