Sarıyer Weather in December
Sarıyer in December
The short of it: Sarıyer in December averages a high of 9 °C (49 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 80 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 9 h 16 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 2° · rain 80 mm · daylight 9 h 16 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Sarıyer an average December high of 9°, a low of 2° and some 80 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from November to about 9°, with nights near 2°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 80 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 16 min in mid-December, 35 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Sarıyer runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Karaçalı, 1 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Sarıyer, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 26 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 16 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h