Şanlıurfa Weather in December
Şanlıurfa in December
The short of it: Şanlıurfa in December averages a high of 13 °C (55 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 9 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 13° · low 4° · rain 79 mm · daylight 9 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Şanlıurfa an average December high of 13°, a low of 4° and some 79 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 6° from November to about 13°, with nights near 4°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 79 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 37 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Şanlıurfa runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Konuklu, 7 km to the SE, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Şanlıurfa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 35 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h