Climate averages 1991–2020
Patnos weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Patnos: daytime highs average 0.0°C and nights cool to about -10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (49 km away). In January its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Patnos, with 51 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Patnos ranks 133rd of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Patnos is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 1.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 44 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Patnos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.0°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 44 | 8.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.4°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 49 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 6.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 77 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 101 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 89 | 16.2 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 35 | 7.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 5.7 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.2°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 49 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Erciş in JanuaryTurkey · 49 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Ağrı in JanuaryTurkey · 57 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Van in JanuaryTurkey · 93 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Tatvan in JanuaryTurkey · 95 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 96 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in JanuaryTurkey · 111 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -10.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Iğdır in JanuaryTurkey · 128 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -7.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Muş in JanuaryTurkey · 131 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.5°C · 119 mm precipitation
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 154 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
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 Patnos) is explained once on the Patnos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.