The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during December at cities in Turkey. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.
The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.
Marmara Region
Average monthly precipitation in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 15 |
Balikesir |
3.4 |
87 |
| 15 |
Bursa |
3.7 |
94 |
| 12 |
Çanakkale |
4.0 |
100 |
| 11 |
Edirne |
2.8 |
71 |
| 13 |
İstanbul |
3.4 |
87 |
| 18 |
İzmit (Kocaeli) |
4.3 |
110 |
| 16 |
Sakarya (Adapazari) |
4.3 |
109 |
Aegean Turkey
December averages for total rainfall
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 10 |
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) |
1.8 |
47 |
| 12 |
Aydin |
4.3 |
110 |
| 13 |
İzmir |
5.2 |
131 |
| 12 |
Manisa |
4.6 |
117 |
| 14 |
Muğla |
9.0 |
230 |
Mediterranean Turkey
Average amount of rain in December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 9 |
Adana |
5.6 |
143 |
| 12 |
Antalya |
10.7 |
272 |
| 11 |
Hatay (Antakya) |
7.4 |
189 |
| 9 |
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) |
5.0 |
126 |
| 11 |
Mersin (İçel) |
6.4 |
163 |
Black Sea Turkey
Rainfall totals for December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 13 |
Bolu |
2.1 |
54 |
| 15 |
Ordu |
4.3 |
109 |
| 15 |
Rize |
9.9 |
252 |
| 16 |
Samsun |
3.2 |
83 |
| 16 |
Sinop |
4.1 |
104 |
| 11 |
Trabzon |
3.7 |
94 |
| 18 |
Zonguldak |
6.4 |
162 |
Central Anatolia
Total precipitation during December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 14 |
Ankara |
1.7 |
43 |
| – |
Eskişehir |
1.4 |
35 |
| 10 |
Kayseri |
1.5 |
39 |
| 10 |
Konya |
1.8 |
46 |
| 9 |
Nevşehir |
1.9 |
48 |
Eastern Anatoli
December precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 9 |
Elâzığ |
1.8 |
46 |
| 10 |
Erzurum |
0.8 |
21 |
| 7 |
Kars |
1.0 |
26 |
| 10 |
Van |
1.8 |
45 |
Southeastern Anatolia
Total precipitation averages for December
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 12 |
Diyarbakır |
3.0 |
75 |
| 13 |
Gaziantep |
4.1 |
105 |
| 10 |
Mardin |
4.0 |
101 |
| 11 |
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) |
3.1 |
79 |