Climate averages 1991–2020
Amasya weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Amasya: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (36 km away). In January its highs average 6.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Amasya, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Amasya ranks joint 90th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Amasya is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 45 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
Amasya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 48 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 38 | 8.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 29.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 55 | 9.0 | 9.39 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
- Turhal in JanuaryTurkey · 36 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Tokat in JanuaryTurkey · 72 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Çorum in JanuaryTurkey · 75 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Samsun in JanuaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Bafra in JanuaryTurkey · 102 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Yozgat in JanuaryTurkey · 127 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Ünye in JanuaryTurkey · 134 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Sivas in JanuaryTurkey · 142 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.4°C · 46 mm precipitation
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 Amasya) is explained once on the Amasya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.