Climate averages 1991–2020
Tokat weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Tokat: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (41 km away). In January its highs average 6.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tokat, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tokat ranks joint 105th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 43rd of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Tokat is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 62 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
Tokat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 5.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 69 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.7°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 62 | 10.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 86 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 14.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 102 | 15.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 54 | 9.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 12 | 3.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 57 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 63 | 7.9 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 67 | 10.9 | 9.49 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
- Turhal in JanuaryTurkey · 41 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Amasya in JanuaryTurkey · 72 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Sivas in JanuaryTurkey · 74 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.4°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Samsun in JanuaryTurkey · 109 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Ünye in JanuaryTurkey · 111 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Fatsa in JanuaryTurkey · 113 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Ordu in JanuaryTurkey · 135 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Çorum in JanuaryTurkey · 138 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 53 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 Tokat) is explained once on the Tokat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.