Climate averages 1991–2020
Erzurum weather
in January.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Erzurum: daytime highs average -1.7°C and nights cool to about -12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muş (132 km away). In January its highs average 0.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Erzurum, with 119 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erzurum ranks 138th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Erzurum is 9.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 42 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
Erzurum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | -1.7°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | -0.3°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 42 | 9.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 3.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 65 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.1°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 84 | 15.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 103 | 19.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 24.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.715 h |
| August | 24.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 7.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 20.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 5.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 37 | 7.3 | 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
- Muş in JanuaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.5°C · 119 mm precipitation
- Bingöl in JanuaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 122 mm precipitation
- Rize in JanuaryTurkey · 139 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Ağrı in JanuaryTurkey · 152 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in JanuaryTurkey · 154 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Patnos in JanuaryTurkey · 155 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -10.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 172 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Tatvan in JanuaryTurkey · 180 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 96 mm precipitation
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 Erzurum) is explained once on the Erzurum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.