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Cappadocia (Göreme) in December

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Cappadocia (Göreme) is chilly: highs near 50°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 30 minutes.December in Cappadocia (Göreme) is chilly: highs near 10°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 30 minutes.

High
50°F10°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
9h 30mon average

Is December a good time to visit Cappadocia (Göreme)?

December sits outside Cappadocia (Göreme)'s best months, which run in two parts: June, or September to October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two 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 50°F in December, against 46°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 10°C in December, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in December, against 4% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in December, against 5% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

9h 30m in December, against 9h 30m to 14h 49m 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. November60°16°low 33°low 1°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December50°10°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January46°8°low 23°low -5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cappadocia (Göreme) sits, in December

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:51 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
1,100 mupland
Latitude
38.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ankara222 km north-west

The land around Cappadocia (Göreme), 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 Cappadocia (Göreme)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cappadocia (Göreme). 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 (1,100 m) against the climate model's (1,298 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 (1,100 m) against the climate model's (1,298 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.