Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 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 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (25 km away). In December its highs average 14.0°C, about as warm as Tarsus, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks joint 9th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 118th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Tarsus is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 89 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
Tarsus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 89 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 38 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 117 | 8.8 | 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 · 25 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 6.8°C · 126 mm rain
- Adana in DecemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Ceyhan in DecemberTurkey · 83 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Kozan in DecemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Silifke in DecemberTurkey · 104 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in DecemberTurkey · 105 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 10.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Niğde in DecemberTurkey · 118 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 48 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 Tarsus) is explained once on the Tarsus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.