Climate averages 1991–2020

Erzincan weather
in January.

A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high -0.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -8.4°C Night-time mean, January

Precipitation 64 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a freezing month in Erzincan: daytime highs average -0.5°C and nights cool to about -8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 64 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (100 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, 4.6°C warmer than Erzincan, with 72 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzincan ranks 135th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 38th of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Erzincan is 8.0°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 64 mm to 61 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Erzincan climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Erzincan, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Precipitation mm/month	Wet days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	-0.5°C-8.4°C	-8.4°C	64	9.4	9.710 h
February	1.3°C-6.8°C	-6.8°C	61	9.3	10.711 h
March	5.8°C-1.9°C	-1.9°C	83	11.8	11.912 h
April	12.1°C3.1°C	3.1°C	88	13.5	13.213 h
May	19.6°C8.7°C	8.7°C	97	17.1	14.314 h
June	24.4°C13.1°C	13.1°C	55	10.4	14.915 h
July	28.5°C15.6°C	15.6°C	26	5.7	14.715 h
August	29.3°C16.5°C	16.5°C	20	4.9	13.714 h
September	25.5°C13.8°C	13.8°C	22	4.6	12.512 h
October	18.7°C8.6°C	8.6°C	51	7.9	11.211 h
November	8.8°C-0.1°C	-0.1°C	61	7.6	10.010 h
December	1.6°C-6.3°C	-6.3°C	57	9.3	9.49 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

Distance from Erzincan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Erzincan) is explained once on the Erzincan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.