Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Kars: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In November its highs average 6.3°C, about as warm as Kars, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks 137th of 138 for the warmest November highs and joint 12th of 138 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 138 cities is 14.6°C; Kars is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 0.5°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 36 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Gyumri in NovemberArmenia · 68 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Ağrı in NovemberTurkey · 98 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Iğdır in NovemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Vanadzor in NovemberArmenia · 121 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Yerevan in NovemberArmenia · 130 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in NovemberTurkey · 145 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Patnos in NovemberTurkey · 154 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -2.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Batumi in NovemberGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 8.3°C · 188 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.