Climate averages 1991–2020
Muğla weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Muğla: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nazilli (78 km away). In January its highs average 11.9°C, 2.0°C warmer than Muğla, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Muğla ranks joint 33rd of 138 for the warmest January highs and 133rd of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Muğla is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 137 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
Muğla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 159 | 12.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 137 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 26 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 79 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 124 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 153 | 12.0 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Nazilli in JanuaryTurkey · 78 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Aydın in JanuaryTurkey · 84 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Merkezefendi in JanuaryTurkey · 88 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Denizli in JanuaryTurkey · 89 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Salihli in JanuaryTurkey · 142 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Turgutlu in JanuaryTurkey · 154 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 95 mm rain
- İzmir in JanuaryTurkey · 171 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 111 mm rain
- Bornova in JanuaryTurkey · 172 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 111 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 Muğla) is explained once on the Muğla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.