Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Rize: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In October its highs average 21.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Rize, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks joint 110th of 138 for the warmest October highs and 138th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Rize is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 227 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Batumi in OctoberGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Erzurum in OctoberTurkey · 139 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Erzincan in OctoberTurkey · 167 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Giresun in OctoberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 213 mm rain
- Kars in OctoberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Ordu in OctoberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 154 mm rain
- Kutaisi in OctoberGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.5°C · 139 mm rain
- Bingöl in OctoberTurkey · 238 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 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.