Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankara weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Ankara: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (15 km away). In February its highs average 6.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ankara, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ankara ranks joint 101st of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Ankara is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Ankara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.710 h |
| February, selected | 7.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 45 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 8.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 29 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 53 | 8.7 | 9.49 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
February in nearby cities
- Gölbaşı in FebruaryTurkey · 15 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in FebruaryTurkey · 56 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Polatlı in FebruaryTurkey · 72 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Çankırı in FebruaryTurkey · 99 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Bolu in FebruaryTurkey · 139 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Kırşehir in FebruaryTurkey · 141 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Karabük in FebruaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Yozgat in FebruaryTurkey · 167 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 41 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 Ankara) is explained once on the Ankara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.