Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankara 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 Ankara: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (15 km away). In January its highs average 4.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ankara, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ankara ranks joint 103rd of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Ankara is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 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
Ankara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gölbaşı in JanuaryTurkey · 15 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in JanuaryTurkey · 56 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Polatlı in JanuaryTurkey · 72 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Çankırı in JanuaryTurkey · 99 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Bolu in JanuaryTurkey · 139 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Kırşehir in JanuaryTurkey · 141 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Karabük in JanuaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Yozgat in JanuaryTurkey · 167 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 51 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.