Salihli weather in December

In December, Salihli sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Salihli's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salihli's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 82 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:24 AM – 4:43 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 1.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.5; out of 10

Salihli is district and town of Manisa Province in Turkey.

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 12°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical December day in Salihli reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 1°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)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

How December really feels in Salihli

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.

Salihli weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 1°	85	10	2.3	9.6	1.9
Feb	11° / 2°	81	10.5	2.3	10.5	2.5
Mar	14° / 4°	74	10.1	0.9	11.7	4.2
Apr	19° / 8°	63	9.4	0.2	13	6.2
May	24° / 12°	55	9.2	0	14.1	7.3
Jun	29° / 17°	27	5.6	0	14.6	6.5
Jul	32° / 19°	9	2.5	0	14.4	5.1
Aug	32° / 19°	12	3.5	0	13.5	5.0
Sep	28° / 16°	24	4.1	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	23° / 11°	51	6.7	0	11	7.7
Nov	16° / 6°	67	7.5	0.2	9.9	5.5
Dec	10° / 2°	82	10.5	1.6	9.4	2.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. 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 (%)	51	51	50	49	49	49	49	48	49	49	49	49	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	46	44	44	44	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	49	49	50	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	51	51	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	54	56	56	56	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Salihli gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 10.5 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring 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 (%)	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	32	2
4	32	2
5	33	3
6	33	3
7	34	3
8	34	4
9	35	4
10	36	4
11	36	5
12	37	5
13	37	5
14	38	5
15	38	6
16	37	6
17	37	6
18	36	6
19	36	6
20	35	6
21	35	6
22	35	6
23	34	6
24	34	6
25	34	6
26	34	6
27	34	7
28	34	7
29	34	7
30	34	7
31	34	8

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 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 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 7:12 AM to 7:30 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 4:51 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)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:50	4:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:12	4:43
2	9.5	7:13	4:42
3	9.5	7:14	4:42
4	9.5	7:15	4:42
5	9.4	7:15	4:42
6	9.4	7:16	4:42
7	9.4	7:17	4:42
8	9.4	7:18	4:42
9	9.4	7:19	4:42
10	9.4	7:20	4:42
11	9.4	7:20	4:42
12	9.4	7:21	4:42
13	9.3	7:22	4:43
14	9.3	7:22	4:43
15	9.3	7:23	4:43
16	9.3	7:24	4:43
17	9.3	7:24	4:44
18	9.3	7:25	4:44
19	9.3	7:25	4:44
20	9.3	7:26	4:45
21	9.3	7:27	4:45
22	9.3	7:27	4:46
23	9.3	7:27	4:46
24	9.3	7:28	4:47
25	9.3	7:28	4:47
26	9.3	7:29	4:48
27	9.3	7:29	4:48
28	9.3	7:29	4:49
29	9.3	7:30	4:50
30	9.3	7:30	4:50
31	9.3	7:30	4:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.98 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.98 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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Dim
17	2.0	Dim
18	2.0	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Dim

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Salihli?

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

2.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salihli.

What to pack for Salihli in December

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

In December, Salihli sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Salihli 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 Salihli peaks around June 22 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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

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

Air quality in Salihli 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 Salihli is worst in May — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 13 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)	15	16	20	20	22	17	13	16	15	15	16	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Salihli?

Salihli sits at 38.5°N, 28.1°E, 109 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Ödemiş, 32 km away.

Topography around Salihli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salihli has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 369 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,988 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,109 m.

The land around Salihli is covered by cropland (32%), trees (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), trees (31%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), grassland (26%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

369 m

cropland 32%

16 km

1,988 m

cropland 42%

80 km

2,109 m

trees 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Ödemiş 32 km · Alaşehir 35 km · Turgutlu 39 km · Kula 44 km · Bayındır 53 km · Akhisar 55 km · Tire 57 km · Kemalpaşa 64 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 Salihli (38.4826°, 28.1477°, elevation 109 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	13	4
2	13	4
3	12	4
4	12	4
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	11	3
9	11	3
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	9	2
25	9	2
26	9	2
27	9	2
28	9	2
29	9	2
30	9	2
31	9	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	32	2
4	32	2
5	33	3
6	33	3
7	34	3
8	34	4
9	35	4
10	36	4
11	36	5
12	37	5
13	37	5
14	38	5
15	38	6
16	37	6
17	37	6
18	36	6
19	36	6
20	35	6
21	35	6
22	35	6
23	34	6
24	34	6
25	34	6
26	34	6
27	34	7
28	34	7
29	34	7
30	34	7
31	34	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	32	2
4	32	2
5	33	3
6	33	3
7	34	3
8	34	4
9	35	4
10	36	4
11	36	5
12	37	5
13	37	5
14	38	5
15	38	6
16	37	6
17	37	6
18	36	6
19	36	6
20	35	6
21	35	6
22	35	6
23	34	6
24	34	6
25	34	6
26	34	6
27	34	7
28	34	7
29	34	7
30	34	7
31	34	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	48	52
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	47	53
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	31	2
2	31	2
3	32	2
4	32	2
5	33	3
6	33	3
7	34	3
8	34	4
9	35	4
10	36	4
11	36	5
12	37	5
13	37	5
14	38	5
15	38	6
16	37	6
17	37	6
18	36	6
19	36	6
20	35	6
21	35	6
22	35	6
23	34	6
24	34	6
25	34	6
26	34	6
27	34	7
28	34	7
29	34	7
30	34	7
31	34	8

	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