Climate averages 1991–2020
Erciş weather
in February.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Erciş: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes February a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patnos (49 km away). In February its highs average 1.4°C, about as warm as Erciş, with 49 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erciş ranks 135th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 29th of 138 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Erciş is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 5.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 50 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Erciş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 51 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 1.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 50 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 64 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 66 | 13.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 6.2 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 55 | 9.7 | 9.59 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
February in nearby cities
- Patnos in FebruaryTurkey · 49 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -9.1°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Van in FebruaryTurkey · 59 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Ağrı in FebruaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -9.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in FebruaryTurkey · 85 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -8.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Tatvan in FebruaryTurkey · 111 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.2°C · 103 mm precipitation
- Iğdır in FebruaryTurkey · 116 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -5.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Khūy in FebruaryIran · 148 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Salmās in FebruaryIran · 153 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -7.5°C · 29 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 Erciş) is explained once on the Erciş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.