Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ 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 Elazığ: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (39 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Elazığ, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks 122nd of 138 for the warmest January highs and 59th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Elazığ is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 70 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
Elazığ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 70 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 83 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 86 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 2.1 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 57 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 9.8 | 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
- Akçapınar in JanuaryTurkey · 39 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Malatya in JanuaryTurkey · 87 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Siverek in JanuaryTurkey · 103 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Kâhta in JanuaryTurkey · 112 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Bingöl in JanuaryTurkey · 113 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 122 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in JanuaryTurkey · 121 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Diyarbakır in JanuaryTurkey · 121 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Adıyaman in JanuaryTurkey · 131 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 118 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 Elazığ) is explained once on the Elazığ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.