Climate averages 1991–2020
Kırıkkale weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Kırıkkale: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ankara (56 km away). In April its highs average 17.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Kırıkkale, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kırıkkale ranks joint 47th of 138 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Kırıkkale is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kırıkkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 45 | 8.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 8.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 8.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 28.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 29 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 6.3 | 1.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 8.2 | 9.49 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
April in nearby cities
- Ankara in AprilTurkey · 56 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Gölbaşı in AprilTurkey · 60 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Çankırı in AprilTurkey · 84 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Kırşehir in AprilTurkey · 96 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Yozgat in AprilTurkey · 111 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Polatlı in AprilTurkey · 121 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Çorum in AprilTurkey · 146 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Karabük in AprilTurkey · 168 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 80 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 Kırıkkale) is explained once on the Kırıkkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.