Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankara weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ankara: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (15 km away). In July its highs average 30.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ankara, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ankara ranks joint 57th of 138 for the warmest July highs and 66th of 138 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 138 cities is 30.9°C; Ankara is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 9.4 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gölbaşı in JulyTurkey · 15 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in JulyTurkey · 56 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Polatlı in JulyTurkey · 72 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 7.2 mm rain
- Çankırı in JulyTurkey · 99 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Bolu in JulyTurkey · 139 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Kırşehir in JulyTurkey · 141 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Karabük in JulyTurkey · 144 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Yozgat in JulyTurkey · 167 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.5°C · 8.1 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.