Climate averages 1991–2020
Viranşehir weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th 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 Viranşehir: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siverek (71 km away). In December its highs average 9.1°C, 2.3°C cooler than Viranşehir, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Viranşehir ranks joint 35th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Viranşehir is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 72 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
Viranşehir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 72 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 65 | 9.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 58 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 7.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.7 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 38.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 28 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 43 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 11.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 66 | 9.2 | 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
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 71 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 73 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in DecemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 106 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 118 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in DecemberSyria · 119 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 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 Viranşehir) is explained once on the Viranşehir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.