İskenderun Weather in December
İskenderun in December
The short of it: İskenderun in December averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 108 mm (4.3 in) of rain and about 9 h 40 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 108 mm · daylight 9 h 40 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give İskenderun an average December high of 18°, a low of 10° and some 108 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 18°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 108 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 9 h 40 min in mid-December, 29 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, İskenderun runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Denizciler, 7 km to the NNE, is 2° cooler by day.
December in İskenderun, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 40 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h