Climate averages 1991–2020
Karaman 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 Karaman: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ereğli (Konya), Turkey (82 km away). In January its highs average 5.7°C, about as warm as Karaman, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Karaman ranks joint 101st of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Karaman is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 7.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 35 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
Karaman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.4°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 40 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 37 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 8.1 | 1.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 18 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 48 | 7.7 | 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
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in JanuaryTurkey · 82 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Konya in JanuaryTurkey · 100 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Silifke in JanuaryTurkey · 110 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Alanya in JanuaryTurkey · 129 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Mersin in JanuaryTurkey · 133 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Aksaray in JanuaryTurkey · 150 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Tarsus in JanuaryTurkey · 152 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Niğde in JanuaryTurkey · 156 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 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 Karaman) is explained once on the Karaman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.