Görele weather in December

In December, Görele sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 119 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 9.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of December to 9 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Görele's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Görele's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
119 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
9 h 06 min
6:48 AM – 3:52 PM
Cloud cover
65%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

Görele is district and town of Giresun, Turkey.

Density
170/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 11°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical December day in Görele reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1115
2115
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How December really feels in Görele

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
3
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Görele weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 12214.49.69.40.8
Feb / 9212.98.710.41.0
Mar10° / 11515.57.811.71.8
Apr14° / 103151.913.13.4
May18° / 11°11415.8014.35.0
Jun21° / 16°11215.2014.95.8
Jul24° / 18°10515.7014.66.1
Aug24° / 19°11717.3013.65.9
Sep22° / 16°17515.3012.35.8
Oct18° / 12°18615.30.210.95.2
Nov14° / 13712.22.89.73.6
Dec / 11913.26.29.11.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
34060
44060
53961
64060
73862
83862
93961
103862
113862
123862
133763
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203763
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313367

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Görele gets around 119 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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314123

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of December to 9 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 3:52 PM to 4:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.36:363:52
29.26:373:52
39.26:383:51
49.26:393:51
59.26:403:51
69.26:403:51
79.26:413:51
89.16:423:51
99.16:433:51
109.16:443:51
119.16:453:51
129.16:453:51
139.16:463:51
149.16:473:52
159.16:483:52
169.16:483:52
179.16:493:52
189.16:493:53
199.06:503:53
209.06:513:53
219.06:513:54
229.06:523:54
239.06:523:55
249.06:533:55
259.06:533:56
269.16:533:56
279.16:543:57
289.16:543:58
299.16:543:58
309.16:543:59
319.16:554:00

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.65 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.8Dim
31.8Dim
41.7Dim
51.7Dim
61.7Dim
71.7Dim
81.7Dim
91.7Dim
101.6Dim
111.6Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Görele?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Görele.

What to pack for Görele in December

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

In December, Görele sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Görele in December

The nearest coast averages about 13°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 10 to Oct 17 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep24Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov16Cool
Dec13Bracing

UV index in Görele 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 Görele peaks around June 21 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Görele?

Görele sits at 41.0°N, 39.0°E, 26 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Tirebolu, 16 km away.

Topography around Görele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Görele has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 432 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,591 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,289 m.

The land around Görele is covered by trees (53%) and water (41%) within 3 km, trees (52%) and water (47%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), water (37%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
432 m
16 km
1,591 m
80 km
3,289 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Tirebolu 16 km · Beşikdüzü 19 km · Vakfıkebir 23 km · Espiye 27 km · Akçaabat 48 km · Giresun 53 km · Trabzon 61 km · Bulancak 66 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
Muslim 100%other 0%

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 Görele (41.0308°, 39.0031°, elevation 26 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).