Climate averages 1991–2020
Niğde weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Niğde: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksaray (73 km away). In January its highs average 5.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Niğde, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks 120th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Niğde is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 41 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
Niğde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Aksaray in JanuaryTurkey · 73 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Nevşehir in JanuaryTurkey · 73 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in JanuaryTurkey · 75 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -3.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Kayseri in JanuaryTurkey · 110 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Kozan in JanuaryTurkey · 115 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 141 mm rain
- Tarsus in JanuaryTurkey · 118 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Adana in JanuaryTurkey · 123 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 107 mm rain
- Mersin in JanuaryTurkey · 128 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.8°C · 99 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.