Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakkâri weather
in January.
A cold month with heavy precipitation: the coolest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Hakkâri: 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 140 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with heavy precipitation (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yüksekova (48 km away). In January its highs average -1.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Hakkâri, with 116 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Hakkâri ranks joint 128th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 131st of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Hakkâri is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 140 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
Hakkâri climate table
| 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 | 140 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 140 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 170 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 140 | 14.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 88 | 15.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 4.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 55 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 8.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.8°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 134 | 10.6 | 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
- Yüksekova in JanuaryTurkey · 48 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.2°C · 116 mm precipitation
- 'Ākra in JanuaryIraq · 94 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Dihok in JanuaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Zaxo in JanuaryIraq · 105 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Sīnah in JanuaryIraq · 105 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Van in JanuaryTurkey · 107 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Simele in JanuaryIraq · 112 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Sumayl in JanuaryIraq · 112 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 83 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 Hakkâri) is explained once on the Hakkâri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.