Climate averages 1991–2020
Mersin weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Mersin: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarsus (25 km away). In February its highs average 13.8°C, about as warm as Mersin, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mersin ranks 15th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Mersin is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Tarsus in FebruaryTurkey · 25 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Adana in FebruaryTurkey · 64 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Silifke in FebruaryTurkey · 79 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in FebruaryTurkey · 94 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Ceyhan in FebruaryTurkey · 107 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in FebruaryTurkey · 120 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Kozan in FebruaryTurkey · 126 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 119 mm rain
- Niğde in FebruaryTurkey · 128 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.2°C · 41 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.