Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (25 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tarsus, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks joint 13th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 14th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Tarsus is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 65 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
Tarsus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 89 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 38 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October, selected | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 117 | 8.8 | 9.710 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
- Mersin in OctoberTurkey · 25 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Adana in OctoberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Ceyhan in OctoberTurkey · 83 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in OctoberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Kozan in OctoberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Silifke in OctoberTurkey · 104 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in OctoberTurkey · 105 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Niğde in OctoberTurkey · 118 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.0°C · 27 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 Tarsus) is explained once on the Tarsus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.