Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (25 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tarsus, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks joint 38th of 138 for the warmest September highs and joint 32nd of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; Tarsus is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 27 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
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, selected | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mersin in SeptemberTurkey · 25 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Adana in SeptemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Ceyhan in SeptemberTurkey · 83 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in SeptemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Kozan in SeptemberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Silifke in SeptemberTurkey · 104 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in SeptemberTurkey · 105 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Niğde in SeptemberTurkey · 118 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 17 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.