Climate averages 1991–2020

Sivas weather
in October.

A mild, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 17.9°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 6.2°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 31 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sivas · average highYear overview

October is a mild month in Sivas: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokat (74 km away). In October its highs average 20.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Sivas, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Sivas ranks 127th of 138 for the warmest October highs and 31st of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Sivas is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 7.8°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 42 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sivas climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sivas, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 0.7°C-7.4°C-7.4°C468.39.710 h
February 1.8°C-6.9°C-6.9°C398.510.711 h
March 8.0°C-2.5°C-2.5°C5311.411.912 h
April 14.4°C2.4°C2.4°C6012.313.213 h
May 19.0°C6.9°C6.9°C5612.714.314 h
June 23.1°C10.9°C10.9°C276.614.915 h
July 26.9°C13.4°C13.4°C6.31.814.715 h
August 27.6°C14.0°C14.0°C5.41.513.714 h
September 23.8°C10.7°C10.7°C133.012.512 h
October, selected 17.9°C6.2°C6.2°C316.011.211 h
November 10.1°C-0.3°C-0.3°C426.410.010 h
December 3.6°C-4.8°C-4.8°C449.39.49 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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October in nearby cities

Distance from Sivas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sivas) is explained once on the Sivas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.