Climate averages 1991–2020
Kastamonu weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Kastamonu: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Çankırı (88 km away). In January its highs average 4.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kastamonu, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kastamonu ranks 121st of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 24th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Kastamonu is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 53 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
Kastamonu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 11.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.2°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 53 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 65 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 64 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 72 | 13.5 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 58 | 11.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 24 | 5.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 33 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 8.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 59 | 10.7 | 9.29 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
- Çankırı in JanuaryTurkey · 88 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 44 mm rain
- Karabük in JanuaryTurkey · 98 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Bartın in JanuaryTurkey · 123 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Çorum in JanuaryTurkey · 135 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Zonguldak in JanuaryTurkey · 165 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in JanuaryTurkey · 172 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Bafra in JanuaryTurkey · 179 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Ankara in JanuaryTurkey · 180 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 51 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 Kastamonu) is explained once on the Kastamonu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.