Climate averages 1991–2020
Polatlı weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Polatlı: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (62 km away). In January its highs average 4.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Polatlı, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Polatlı ranks joint 105th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Polatlı is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 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
Polatlı climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.8°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 38 | 7.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 47 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 38 | 8.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 36 | 7.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 25 | 5.4 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 9.1 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 31 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 8.2 | 9.49 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
- Gölbaşı in JanuaryTurkey · 62 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Ankara in JanuaryTurkey · 72 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in JanuaryTurkey · 121 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Bolu in JanuaryTurkey · 137 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Eskişehir in JanuaryTurkey · 140 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 44 mm rain
- Düzce in JanuaryTurkey · 163 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Afyonkarahisar in JanuaryTurkey · 165 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Çankırı in JanuaryTurkey · 169 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -2.9°C · 44 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 Polatlı) is explained once on the Polatlı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.