Karkamış Weather in December
Karkamış in December
The short of it: Karkamış in December averages a high of 14 °C (56 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 9 h 39 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 14° · low 3° · rain 67 mm · daylight 9 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Karkamış an average December high of 14°, a low of 3° and some 67 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 7° from November to about 14°, with nights near 3°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 67 mm.
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 November.
Against its neighbours, Karkamış runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Jarābulus, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
December in Karkamış, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 7° colder, 29 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JarābulusAleppo | 2 km SSE | 14° | 4° | 63 mm |
| MağaralıŞanlıurfa | 16 km NNE | 13° | 3° | 76 mm |
| İkizceGaziantep | 20 km W | 13° | 2° | 74 mm |
| BirecikŞanlıurfa | 21 km N | 13° | 4° | 75 mm |
| DoğrularGaziantep | 25 km WNW | 13° | 3° | 78 mm |
| NizipGaziantep | 27 km NW | 13° | 3° | 81 mm |
| UluyatırGaziantep | 31 km WNW | 12° | 2° | 83 mm |
| KüçükkendirciŞanlıurfa | 32 km ENE | 13° | 3° | 69 mm |