Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In January its highs average 7.0°C, 5.9°C warmer than Elbistan, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks 125th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 32nd of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Elbistan is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 2.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 58 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elbistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kahramanmaraş in JanuaryTurkey · 73 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Malatya in JanuaryTurkey · 99 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Adıyaman in JanuaryTurkey · 106 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 118 mm rain
- Gaziantep in JanuaryTurkey · 129 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Kâhta in JanuaryTurkey · 133 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Kadirli in JanuaryTurkey · 134 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 2.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Nizip in JanuaryTurkey · 143 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Kozan in JanuaryTurkey · 147 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 141 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 Elbistan) is explained once on the Elbistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.