Climate averages 1991–2020
Mersin weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mersin: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarsus (25 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mersin, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mersin ranks 24th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 27th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Mersin is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tarsus in OctoberTurkey · 25 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Adana in OctoberTurkey · 64 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Silifke in OctoberTurkey · 79 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in OctoberTurkey · 94 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Ceyhan in OctoberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in OctoberTurkey · 120 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Kozan in OctoberTurkey · 126 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Niğde in OctoberTurkey · 128 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 27 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.