Climate averages 1991–2020
Turhal weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Turhal: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Amasya (36 km away). In January its highs average 6.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Turhal, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Turhal ranks 96th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Turhal is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 44 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
Turhal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 50 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.9°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 44 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 12.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 57 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 58 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 11 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 18 | 3.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 34 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 45 | 6.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.1°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 53 | 8.8 | 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
- Amasya in JanuaryTurkey · 36 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Tokat in JanuaryTurkey · 41 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Çorum in JanuaryTurkey · 97 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Samsun in JanuaryTurkey · 102 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Sivas in JanuaryTurkey · 107 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.4°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Yozgat in JanuaryTurkey · 126 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Ünye in JanuaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Bafra in JanuaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.5°C · 68 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 Turhal) is explained once on the Turhal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.