Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Rize: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In January its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Rize, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks 64th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 129th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Rize is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 108 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
Rize climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 134 | 15.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Batumi in JanuaryGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 161 mm rain
- Erzurum in JanuaryTurkey · 139 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -12.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Erzincan in JanuaryTurkey · 167 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Giresun in JanuaryTurkey · 180 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 221 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Ordu in JanuaryTurkey · 221 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Kutaisi in JanuaryGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 149 mm rain
- Bingöl in JanuaryTurkey · 238 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -7.3°C · 122 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 Rize) is explained once on the Rize year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.