Climate averages 1991–2020

Niğde weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.2°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 9.0°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 27 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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October is a mild month in Niğde: daytime highs average 19.2°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksaray (73 km away). In October its highs average 20.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Niğde, with 22 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks 102nd of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 14th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Niğde is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.2°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 36 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Niğde, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.6°C-3.9°C-3.9°C468.99.910 h
February 4.7°C-3.2°C-3.2°C418.510.811 h
March 9.4°C0.1°C0.1°C5811.211.912 h
April 15.2°C4.8°C4.8°C6312.313.213 h
May 20.0°C9.7°C9.7°C7313.414.214 h
June 24.5°C13.6°C13.6°C479.014.715 h
July 28.9°C16.6°C16.6°C9.41.714.515 h
August 29.4°C17.1°C17.1°C6.31.513.614 h
September 25.3°C14.1°C14.1°C173.012.512 h
October, selected 19.2°C9.0°C9.0°C275.311.211 h
November 12.0°C2.9°C2.9°C366.110.210 h
December 6.2°C-1.5°C-1.5°C488.69.610 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Niğde

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 limits

How 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.