Climate averages 1991–2020
Akçapınar weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Akçapınar: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elazığ (39 km away). In January its highs average 3.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Akçapınar, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Akçapınar ranks 116th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 55th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Akçapınar is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Akçapınar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 72 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Elazığ in JanuaryTurkey · 39 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Malatya in JanuaryTurkey · 86 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Erzincan in JanuaryTurkey · 100 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Kâhta in JanuaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Bingöl in JanuaryTurkey · 134 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 122 mm precipitation
- Siverek in JanuaryTurkey · 137 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Adıyaman in JanuaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in JanuaryTurkey · 160 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 93 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Akçapınar) is explained once on the Akçapınar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.