🇹🇷 Weather in Side in December
This is what the weather in Side (Turkish Riviera, Turkey) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
13.8 °C
9.8 °C – 16.1 °C
Avg. night-time low
6.6 °C
1.8 °C – 8.7 °C
Avg. rain days in period
15.4
50 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
176 mm
86.7 mm – 303 mm
Avg. cloud cover
58 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
20.3 °C
Sea point approx. 3 km from the location
Extremes: Highest temperature 20.6 °C (19 Dec 2022) · Lowest temperature -3.1 °C (24 Dec 2021) · Avg. daily peak wind 19 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 76Sunny
- 65Partly cloudy
- 15Cloudy
- 68Light rain
- 86Rain
Summary
- On average 13.8 °C during the day and 6.6 °C at night.
- On average 15.4 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 176 mm of precipitation in total.
- The sea averaged 20.3 °C.
- Prevailing: Rain.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 16.1 °C), coolest: 2016 (avg. 9.8 °C).
- Wettest year: 2024 (303 mm), driest: 2017 (86.7 mm).
- Extremes: 20.6 °C on 19 Dec 2022 and -3.1 °C on 24 Dec 2021.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max14.4°Avg. min6.3°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 144 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 54 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 21.4 °C
Max 17.4 °C · Min -0.5 °C
2024
Avg. max13.7°Avg. min7.7°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 303 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 19.9 °C
Max 17.2 °C · Min 2.7 °C
2023
Avg. max16.1°Avg. min8.7°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 137 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.9 °C
Max 20.0 °C · Min 4.1 °C
2022
Avg. max16.0°Avg. min7.6°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 125 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.4 °C
Max 20.6 °C · Min 1.7 °C
2021
Avg. max12.3°Avg. min5.9°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 193 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 68 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 19.9 °C
Max 16.7 °C · Min -3.1 °C
2020
Avg. max14.6°Avg. min7.5°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 222 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.6 °C
Max 17.7 °C · Min 1.9 °C
2019
Avg. max14.1°Avg. min6.5°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 221 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.1 °C
Max 18.8 °C · Min 1.9 °C
2018
Avg. max13.0°Avg. min5.7°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 189 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 67 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.3 °C
Max 16.7 °C · Min -0.4 °C
2017
Avg. max14.4°Avg. min7.7°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 86.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 58 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 20.2 °C
Max 19.4 °C · Min 0.9 °C
2016
Avg. max9.8°Avg. min1.8°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 136 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- 19.4 °C
Max 17.2 °C · Min -1.8 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Side in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 13.8 °C, night-time lows 6.6 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 20.6 °C (19 Dec 2022), the lowest -3.1 °C (24 Dec 2021).
- How often does it rain in Side in December?
- On average there were 15.4 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 176 mm of precipitation in total.
- How warm is the sea in Side in December?
- The sea temperature averaged 20.3 °C (open-sea point approx. 3 km from the town).
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Sea point approx. 3 km from the location (36.770, 31.360)
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