Datça Weather in December
Datça in December
The short of it: Datça in December averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 11 °C (51 °F), with 173 mm (6.8 in) of rain and about 9 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 11° · rain 173 mm · daylight 9 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Datça an average December high of 17°, a low of 11° and some 173 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against November, to near 17°; nights run about 11°. Wet spells are common — about 173 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 39 min in mid-December, 30 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 May.
Against its neighbours, Datça runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Sými, 19 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Datça, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 63 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h