Climate averages 1991–2020
Niğde weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Niğde: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksaray (73 km away). In April its highs average 17.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Niğde, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks joint 105th of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 75th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Niğde is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 73 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
Niğde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 63 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 47 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 36 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 48 | 8.6 | 9.610 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
- Aksaray in AprilTurkey · 73 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Nevşehir in AprilTurkey · 73 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AprilTurkey · 75 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 5.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Kayseri in AprilTurkey · 110 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Kozan in AprilTurkey · 115 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Tarsus in AprilTurkey · 118 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Adana in AprilTurkey · 123 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mersin in AprilTurkey · 128 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 29 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 Niğde) is explained once on the Niğde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.