Lápithos Weather in December
Lápithos in December
The short of it: Lápithos in December averages a high of 18 °C (65 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 10° · rain 83 mm · daylight 9 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
December in Lápithos brings afternoons near 18° and nights around 10°, with about 83 mm of rain over the month. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 18°, with nights near 10°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 83 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 47 min in mid-December, 28 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Lápithos runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Kyrenia, 13 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Lápithos, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 40 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KyreniaKeryneia | 13 km E | 19° | 10° | 77 mm |
| KokkinotrimithiáNicosia | 21 km S | 19° | 8° | 87 mm |
| MórfouNicosia | 23 km SW | 20° | 9° | 91 mm |
| AkákiNicosia | 23 km S | 19° | 8° | 88 mm |
| Ágios DométiosNicosia | 24 km SE | 19° | 9° | 67 mm |
| NicosiaNicosia | 25 km SE | 19° | 9° | 67 mm |
| PeristerónaNicosia | 25 km SSW | 19° | 9° | 93 mm |
| AstromerítisNicosia | 25 km SSW | 19° | 9° | 93 mm |