Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Rize: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In February its highs average 9.4°C, 1.2°C warmer than Rize, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks joint 90th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 121st of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Rize is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 134 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Rize climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 134 | 15.0 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 8.2°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 10.611 h |
| March | 10.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 134 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 115 | 16.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 152 | 19.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 169 | 19.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 23.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 169 | 20.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 24.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 193 | 22.0 | 13.814 h |
| September | 21.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 236 | 18.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 227 | 17.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 157 | 12.6 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 132 | 13.3 | 9.39 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
February in nearby cities
- Batumi in FebruaryGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Erzurum in FebruaryTurkey · 139 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in FebruaryTurkey · 167 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.8°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Giresun in FebruaryTurkey · 180 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Kars in FebruaryTurkey · 221 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -11.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Ordu in FebruaryTurkey · 221 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Kutaisi in FebruaryGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -0.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Bingöl in FebruaryTurkey · 238 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.6°C · 117 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 Rize) is explained once on the Rize year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.