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Antakya in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Antakya is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 44 minutes.December in Antakya is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 44 minutes.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
9h 44mon average

Is December a good time to visit Antakya?

December sits outside Antakya's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or November. Expect mild days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in December, against 59°F to 95°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in December, against 15°C to 35°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in December, against 4% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in December, against 4% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

9h 44m in December, against 9h 44m to 14h 35m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November73°23°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December62°17°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January59°15°low 41°low 5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Antakya sits, in December

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:39 AMsets 5:22 PM
Above the sea
90 mlow-lying
Latitude
36.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cappadocia (Göreme)296 km north-west

The land around Antakya, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Turkey in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Antakya

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Antakya. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (214 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (90 m) against the climate model's (214 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.