Climate averages 1991–2020
Kadirli weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Kadirli: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kozan (26 km away). In January its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Kadirli, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kadirli ranks joint 18th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 84th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Kadirli is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 13.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 81 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
Kadirli climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 11.7°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 91 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.7°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 90 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 77 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 63 | 7.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 25 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 18 | 5.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 21 | 7.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 32 | 4.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 47 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 5.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 90 | 8.7 | 9.610 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
- Kozan in JanuaryTurkey · 26 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Osmaniye in JanuaryTurkey · 36 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 107 mm rain
- Ceyhan in JanuaryTurkey · 46 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in JanuaryTurkey · 77 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Adana in JanuaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 107 mm rain
- İskenderun in JanuaryTurkey · 88 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in JanuaryTurkey · 108 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Kilis in JanuaryTurkey · 116 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 69 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 Kadirli) is explained once on the Kadirli year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.