Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksaray weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Aksaray: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (66 km away). In January its highs average 4.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Aksaray, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Aksaray ranks 98th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Aksaray is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 34 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
Aksaray climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 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
- Nevşehir in JanuaryTurkey · 66 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Niğde in JanuaryTurkey · 73 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Kırşehir in JanuaryTurkey · 87 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in JanuaryTurkey · 96 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Kayseri in JanuaryTurkey · 133 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Konya in JanuaryTurkey · 146 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Karaman in JanuaryTurkey · 150 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in JanuaryTurkey · 170 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 45 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 Aksaray) is explained once on the Aksaray year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.