Where is the sea warmest in the Black Sea in December?
In December the warmest sea in the Black Sea is at Rize, Turkey, at 14.6°C. Nowhere in the region is comfortable for swimming this month — not one of the 47 cities measured reaches 19.0°C.
| # | City | Country | Sea | Swimming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rize | Turkey | 14.6°C | Cold |
| 2 | Batumi | Georgia | 14.5°C | Cold |
| 3 | Kobuleti | Georgia | 14.4°C | Cold |
| 4 | Trabzon | Turkey | 14.3°C | Cold |
| 5 | Poti | Georgia | 14.2°C | Cold |
| 6 | Gagra | Georgia | 14.2°C | Cold |
| 7 | Gudauta | Georgia | 14.1°C | Cold |
| 8 | Sokhumi | Georgia | 14.1°C | Cold |
| 9 | Ochamchire | Georgia | 14.1°C | Cold |
| 10 | Sochi | Russia | 14.0°C | Cold |
| 11 | Giresun | Turkey | 14.0°C | Cold |
| 12 | Tuapse | Russia | 14.0°C | Cold |
| 13 | Ordu | Turkey | 14.0°C | Cold |
| 14 | Samsun | Turkey | 13.7°C | Cold |
| 15 | Sinop | Turkey | 13.6°C | Cold |
| 16 | Anapa | Russia | 13.5°C | Cold |
| 17 | Gelendzhik | Russia | 13.5°C | Cold |
| 18 | Zonguldak | Turkey | 13.4°C | Cold |
| 19 | Istanbul | Turkey | 13.3°C | Cold |
| 20 | Yalova | Turkey | 13.2°C | Cold |
| 21 | Tekirdağ | Turkey | 13.1°C | Cold |
| 22 | Feodosiya | Ukraine | 12.7°C | Cold |
| 23 | Masandra | Ukraine | 12.5°C | Cold |
| 24 | Sevastopol | Ukraine | 12.5°C | Cold |
| 25 | Sozopol | Bulgaria | 12.0°C | Cold |
Ranked on the NOAA OISST monthly climatology — a long-run average for December, not a forecast. A given December will run warmer or cooler than this, and the sea is warmest late in the afternoon and late in the season.