Climate averages 1991–2020
Tokat weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Tokat: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (41 km away). In December its highs average 8.1°C, about as warm as Tokat, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tokat ranks 97th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 44th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Tokat is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 69 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
Tokat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 69 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.7°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 62 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 86 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 102 | 15.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 54 | 9.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 12 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 57 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 7.9 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 7.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 67 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Turhal in DecemberTurkey · 41 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Amasya in DecemberTurkey · 72 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Sivas in DecemberTurkey · 74 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Samsun in DecemberTurkey · 109 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 4.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Ünye in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Fatsa in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 109 mm rain
- Ordu in DecemberTurkey · 135 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 138 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 Tokat) is explained once on the Tokat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.