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Turkey · Month guide
Turkey in December
Around 8 °C with 84 mm of rain and 4.7 hours of sun a day.
December is a challenging month for Turkey overall; regional choices matter most. Around 8 °C with 84 mm of rain and 4.7 hours of sun a day. Use the regional grid below to find where this month works best — national averages hide the swings between coast, highlands, and inland.
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Turkey · December
What the weather usually does
Turkey · typical month
- Day / night-0 – 8 °CYear range -3 – 31 °C
- Rainfall84 mmYear range 19 – 93 mm
- Sunshine4.7 hr / dayYear range 4.7 – 10.1 hr / day
What’s open · December
Things to do in Turkey in December
Nothing in Turkey shuts for the season, but 1 thing below is weather-dependent in December.
- LimitedCappadocia balloon flights
fog, snow and sustained wind cancel more than half of scheduled flights — though January and February are the months to fly if you want the valleys under snow
Sources: tatildokya.com, epicturkeytravel.com
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
81 regions · current month
Turkey, taken apart
- Adana11°C now · 9–32 °C yr
- Adıyaman9°C now · 7–36 °C yr
- Afyonkarahisar8°C now · 6–31 °C yr
- Aksaray8°C now · 6–31 °C yr
- Amasya8°C now · 6–29 °C yr
- Ankara7°C now · 5–32 °C yr
- Antalya12°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Ardahan0°C now · -2–24 °C yr
- Artvin3°C now · 0–25 °C yr
- Aydın14°C now · 12–36 °C yr
- Ağrı1°C now · -2–28 °C yr
- Balıkesir11°C now · 9–30 °C yr
- Bartın10°C now · 8–28 °C yr
- Batman9°C now · 7–37 °C yr
- Bayburt2°C now · -1–27 °C yr
- Bilecik9°C now · 7–30 °C yr
- Bingöl3°C now · -0–31 °C yr
- Bitlis3°C now · 0–30 °C yr
- Bolu7°C now · 4–27 °C yr
- Burdur10°C now · 8–31 °C yr
- Bursa11°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Denizli11°C now · 9–33 °C yr
- Diyarbakır9°C now · 7–38 °C yr
- Düzce9°C now · 7–26 °C yr
- Edirne11°C now · 9–33 °C yr
- Elazığ6°C now · 4–35 °C yr
- Erzincan1°C now · -1–29 °C yr
- Erzurum1°C now · -2–27 °C yr
- Eskişehir8°C now · 6–32 °C yr
- Gaziantep12°C now · 10–37 °C yr
- Giresun5°C now · 2–25 °C yr
- Gümüşhane2°C now · -1–26 °C yr
- Hakkâri2°C now · -1–29 °C yr
- Hatay15°C now · 13–33 °C yr
- Isparta8°C now · 5–30 °C yr
- Istanbul12°C now · 9–28 °C yr
- Iğdır3°C now · 1–29 °C yr
- Kahramanmaraş7°C now · 4–32 °C yr
- Karabük8°C now · 6–29 °C yr
- Karaman8°C now · 5–30 °C yr
- Kars1°C now · -2–27 °C yr
- Kastamonu7°C now · 5–27 °C yr
- Kayseri5°C now · 2–29 °C yr
- Kilis13°C now · 11–37 °C yr
- Kocaeli11°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Konya8°C now · 6–31 °C yr
- Kütahya8°C now · 6–31 °C yr
- Kırklareli10°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Kırıkkale8°C now · 6–32 °C yr
- Kırşehir8°C now · 6–32 °C yr
- Malatya5°C now · 3–33 °C yr
- Manisa12°C now · 10–34 °C yr
- Mardin11°C now · 9–39 °C yr
- Mersin11°C now · 8–30 °C yr
- Muğla14°C now · 12–32 °C yr
- Muş3°C now · 0–32 °C yr
- Nevşehir8°C now · 5–31 °C yr
- Niğde6°C now · 3–29 °C yr
- Ordu8°C now · 6–24 °C yr
- Osmaniye14°C now · 11–34 °C yr
- Rize6°C now · 3–22 °C yr
- Sakarya11°C now · 8–29 °C yr
- Samsun10°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Siirt6°C now · 3–34 °C yr
- Sinop9°C now · 7–28 °C yr
- Sivas3°C now · 1–29 °C yr
- Tekirdağ11°C now · 9–31 °C yr
- Tokat8°C now · 5–28 °C yr
- Trabzon7°C now · 5–23 °C yr
- Tunceli3°C now · 1–32 °C yr
- Uşak10°C now · 8–34 °C yr
- Van2°C now · -2–27 °C yr
- Yalova11°C now · 9–29 °C yr
- Yozgat7°C now · 5–30 °C yr
- Zonguldak11°C now · 8–27 °C yr
- Çanakkale12°C now · 10–30 °C yr
- Çankırı6°C now · 4–30 °C yr
- Çorum7°C now · 5–31 °C yr
- İzmir13°C now · 11–33 °C yr
- Şanlıurfa12°C now · 10–39 °C yr
- Şırnak8°C now · 5–35 °C yr
Safety · 5 governments
What the governments say about Turkey
Combined advisory · most-cautious-wins
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Highest level across 5 governments · Advisory last changed
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US
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Parts of Turkey carry a higher advisory — up to level 4, "Do not travel". The governments concerned name a region rather than a boundary, so the carve-out is not drawn on the map and is not reflected in the combined level above. Follow the source links for where it applies.
Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2 | -2.7 | -9.4 | 10.6 |
| February | 7.3 | -1.6 | -9.0 | 13.3 |
| March | 11.2 | 1.6 | -3.7 | 18.0 |
| April | 16.9 | 5.6 | 1.1 | 23.2 |
| May | 21.2 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 27.5 |
| June | 26.4 | 14.3 | 10.6 | 31.1 |
| July | 30.0 | 17.3 | 14.6 | 33.4 |
| August | 30.7 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 33.3 |
| September | 26.4 | 13.5 | 9.0 | 31.7 |
| October | 20.3 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 25.5 |
| November | 13.7 | 3.4 | -2.4 | 19.5 |
| December | 7.6 | -0.0 | -7.0 | 12.4 |
View data table
| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 93 |
| February | 58 |
| March | 89 |
| April | 67 |
| May | 79 |
| June | 47 |
| July | 21 |
| August | 19 |
| September | 27 |
| October | 41 |
| November | 60 |
| December | 84 |
View data table
| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 5.2 |
| February | 6.6 |
| March | 7.2 |
| April | 8.2 |
| May | 8.4 |
| June | 9.5 |
| July | 10.1 |
| August | 9.6 |
| September | 8.5 |
| October | 7.2 |
| November | 5.9 |
| December | 4.7 |
— average▬ typical range
View data table
| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0 | 5.5 | 11.5 |
| February | 8.0 | 5.4 | 11.6 |
| March | 8.3 | 5.7 | 12.2 |
| April | 8.0 | 5.5 | 11.4 |
| May | 7.8 | 5.9 | 10.7 |
| June | 7.9 | 6.1 | 10.4 |
| July | 8.9 | 6.7 | 11.6 |
| August | 8.4 | 6.5 | 10.6 |
| September | 7.7 | 5.7 | 10.7 |
| October | 7.1 | 5.0 | 9.8 |
| November | 7.2 | 4.9 | 10.7 |
| December | 7.4 | 5.2 | 10.2 |
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