Climate averages 1991–2020
Rize weather
in September.
A mild, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Rize: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Batumi (115 km away). In September its highs average 24.0°C, 2.2°C warmer than Rize, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Rize ranks 136th of 138 for the warmest September highs and 138th of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; Rize is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 236 mm to 227 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Batumi in SeptemberGeorgia · 115 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Erzurum in SeptemberTurkey · 139 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 8.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Erzincan in SeptemberTurkey · 167 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Giresun in SeptemberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Kars in SeptemberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Ordu in SeptemberTurkey · 221 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Kutaisi in SeptemberGeorgia · 228 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 115 mm rain
- Bingöl in SeptemberTurkey · 238 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 18 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.