Side Weather in December
Side in December
The short of it: Side in December averages a high of 18 °C (64 °F) and a low of 9 °C (47 °F), with 225 mm (8.9 in) of rain and about 9 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 18° · low 9° · rain 225 mm · daylight 9 h 39 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Side an average December high of 18°, a low of 9° and some 225 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against November, to near 18°; nights run about 9°. Wet spells are common — about 225 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
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 May and April.
Against its neighbours, Side runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Manavgat, 5 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
December in Side, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° colder, 103 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h