Climate averages 1991–2020
Soma weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Soma: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akhisar (36 km away). In January its highs average 10.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Soma, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Soma ranks joint 40th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 95th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Soma is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 96 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
Soma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 9.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 97 | 10.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 96 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 82 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 69 | 8.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 47 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 24 | 5.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.6 | 1.7 | 14.615 h |
| August | 31.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 5.0 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 64 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 85 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 96 | 10.6 | 9.59 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
- Akhisar in JanuaryTurkey · 36 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Balıkesir in JanuaryTurkey · 57 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Manisa in JanuaryTurkey · 66 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Turgutlu in JanuaryTurkey · 77 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Ayvalık in JanuaryTurkey · 80 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 7.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Bornova in JanuaryTurkey · 85 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Salihli in JanuaryTurkey · 91 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Karşıyaka in JanuaryTurkey · 92 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 98 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 Soma) is explained once on the Soma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.