Climate averages 1991–2020
Mersin weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Mersin: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarsus (25 km away). In April its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Mersin, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mersin ranks joint 29th of 138 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Mersin is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 21 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
Mersin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 99 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 47 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 20.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 29 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 21 | 3.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 30 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 126 | 9.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Tarsus in AprilTurkey · 25 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Adana in AprilTurkey · 64 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Silifke in AprilTurkey · 79 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AprilTurkey · 94 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AprilTurkey · 107 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AprilTurkey · 120 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Kozan in AprilTurkey · 126 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Niğde in AprilTurkey · 128 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 63 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 Mersin) is explained once on the Mersin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.