Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Kars: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In July its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Kars, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks 137th of 138 for the warmest July highs and 134th of 138 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 138 cities is 30.9°C; Kars is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July, selected | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 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
July in nearby cities
- Gyumri in JulyArmenia · 68 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Ağrı in JulyTurkey · 98 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Iğdır in JulyTurkey · 111 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Vanadzor in JulyArmenia · 121 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Yerevan in JulyArmenia · 130 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in JulyTurkey · 145 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Patnos in JulyTurkey · 154 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Batumi in JulyGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 209 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.