Karatepe Weather in December
Karatepe in December
The short of it: Karatepe in December averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 145 mm (5.7 in) of rain and about 9 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 145 mm · daylight 9 h 41 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
December in Karatepe brings afternoons near 14° and nights around 6°, with about 145 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 14°; nights run about 6°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 145 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 41 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Karatepe runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Çamlıca, 2 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Karatepe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 62 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h