Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaziantep weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Gaziantep: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In January its highs average 9.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Gaziantep, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gaziantep ranks joint 82nd of 138 for the warmest January highs and 63rd of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Gaziantep is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 66 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
Gaziantep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 77 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 42 | 8.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 6.5 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 35.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 48 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 79 | 9.9 | 9.710 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
- Nizip in JanuaryTurkey · 37 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Kilis in JanuaryTurkey · 45 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in JanuaryTurkey · 71 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Al Bāb in JanuarySyria · 78 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Manbij in JanuarySyria · 78 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Suruç in JanuaryTurkey · 93 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Aleppo in JanuarySyria · 97 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Osmaniye in JanuaryTurkey · 101 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 107 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 Gaziantep) is explained once on the Gaziantep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.