Birecik weather in December

In December, Birecik sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Birecik's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birecik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 6:40 AM – 4:08 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Birecik is district and town of Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

Density: 56/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical December day in Birecik reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	13	5
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	12	4
13	12	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	11	3
31	11	3

How December really feels in Birecik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Birecik weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	59	9.1	0.9	9.7	2.6
Feb	13° / 3°	48	7.9	0.9	10.6	3.6
Mar	17° / 6°	41	7	0	11.7	6.1
Apr	23° / 11°	26	5.3	0	12.9	7.8
May	30° / 16°	17	3	0	14	6.2
Jun	36° / 21°	2	0.6	0	14.5	2.7
Jul	40° / 25°	0	0.1	0	14.3	0.3
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0.1	0	13.4	0.5
Sep	35° / 20°	2	0.5	0	12.3	3.7
Oct	28° / 14°	20	3.1	0	11	7.3
Nov	18° / 7°	36	5.1	0	10	6.8
Dec	12° / 4°	59	8.6	0.3	9.5	3.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	56	55	54	52	52	51	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	53	53	52	51	50	49	48	46	46
Cloudier (%)	44	45	46	48	48	49	50	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	52	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Birecik gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	23	0
2	24	0
3	25	0
4	26	0
5	27	0
6	28	0
7	29	0
8	30	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	31	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	30	2
17	29	2
18	29	2
19	28	2
20	28	2
21	27	2
22	26	2
23	26	1
24	26	1
25	26	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	29	1
31	29	1

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:16 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47
Sunset (PM)	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:07	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:08	4:09	4:09	4:09	4:10	4:10	4:11	4:11	4:12	4:12	4:13	4:13	4:14	4:15	4:15	4:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	6:29	4:07
2	9.6	6:29	4:07
3	9.6	6:30	4:07
4	9.6	6:31	4:07
5	9.6	6:32	4:07
6	9.6	6:33	4:07
7	9.6	6:34	4:07
8	9.5	6:34	4:07
9	9.5	6:35	4:07
10	9.5	6:36	4:07
11	9.5	6:37	4:07
12	9.5	6:37	4:07
13	9.5	6:38	4:08
14	9.5	6:39	4:08
15	9.5	6:39	4:08
16	9.5	6:40	4:08
17	9.5	6:41	4:09
18	9.5	6:41	4:09
19	9.5	6:42	4:09
20	9.5	6:42	4:10
21	9.5	6:43	4:10
22	9.5	6:43	4:11
23	9.5	6:44	4:11
24	9.5	6:44	4:12
25	9.5	6:45	4:12
26	9.5	6:45	4:13
27	9.5	6:45	4:13
28	9.5	6:46	4:14
29	9.5	6:46	4:15
30	9.5	6:46	4:15
31	9.5	6:47	4:16

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.13 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.2	Moderate
9	2.2	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.1	Moderate
14	2.1	Moderate
15	2.1	Moderate
16	2.1	Moderate
17	2.1	Moderate
18	2.1	Moderate
19	2.1	Moderate
20	2.1	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Birecik?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Birecik.

What to pack for Birecik in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Birecik sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Birecik in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Birecik peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	7	8	10	9	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Birecik in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Birecik is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	28	34	31	29	24	18	20	24	25	24	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Birecik?

Birecik sits at 37.0°N, 38.0°E, 351 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Nizip, 16 km away.

Topography around Birecik

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Birecik.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birecik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 384 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,199 m.

The land around Birecik is covered by grassland (37%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

grassland 37%

16 km

509 m

cropland 47%

80 km

1,199 m

cropland 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Birecik year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Nizip 16 km · Jarābulus 23 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 37 km · Suruç 40 km · Gaziantep 53 km · Manbij 55 km · Bozova 61 km · Urfa 74 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Birecik (37.0258°, 37.9784°, elevation 351 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	13	5
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	12	4
13	12	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	11	3
31	11	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	23	0
2	24	0
3	25	0
4	26	0
5	27	0
6	28	0
7	29	0
8	30	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	31	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	30	2
17	29	2
18	29	2
19	28	2
20	28	2
21	27	2
22	26	2
23	26	1
24	26	1
25	26	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	29	1
31	29	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	13	5
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	12	4
13	12	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	11	3
31	11	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	23	0
2	24	0
3	25	0
4	26	0
5	27	0
6	28	0
7	29	0
8	30	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	31	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	30	2
17	29	2
18	29	2
19	28	2
20	28	2
21	27	2
22	26	2
23	26	1
24	26	1
25	26	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	29	1
31	29	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	14	5
3	14	5
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	13	5
7	13	4
8	13	4
9	13	4
10	13	4
11	13	4
12	12	4
13	12	4
14	12	4
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	11	3
21	11	3
22	11	3
23	11	3
24	11	3
25	11	3
26	11	3
27	11	3
28	11	3
29	11	3
30	11	3
31	11	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	56	44
2	55	45
3	54	46
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	51	49
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	48	52
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	23	0
2	24	0
3	25	0
4	26	0
5	27	0
6	28	0
7	29	0
8	30	1
9	31	1
10	31	1
11	31	1
12	31	1
13	31	1
14	31	1
15	31	1
16	30	2
17	29	2
18	29	2
19	28	2
20	28	2
21	27	2
22	26	2
23	26	1
24	26	1
25	26	1
26	27	1
27	27	1
28	28	1
29	28	1
30	29	1
31	29	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100