Silifke Weather in December
Silifke in December
The short of it: Silifke in December averages a high of 17 °C (62 °F) and a low of 8 °C (47 °F), with 148 mm (5.8 in) of rain and about 9 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 17° · low 8° · rain 148 mm · daylight 9 h 41 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Silifke an average December high of 17°, a low of 8° and some 148 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 17°; nights run about 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 148 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Silifke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Ulugöz, 3 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
December in Silifke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 80 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
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UlugözMersin | 3 km S | 17° | 9° | 147 mm |
| TosmurluMersin | 3 km WNW | 16° | 7° | 148 mm |
| BurunucuMersin | 4 km SSW | 17° | 9° | 147 mm |
| BolacalıkoyuncuMersin | 5 km SSW | 17° | 8° | 146 mm |
| TaşucuMersin | 8 km SW | 17° | 9° | 143 mm |
| KurtuluşMersin | 8 km ESE | 18° | 9° | 148 mm |
| AtayurtMersin | 8 km E | 17° | 8° | 152 mm |
| KarahacılıMersin | 10 km WNW | 13° | 5° | 142 mm |