Batumi climate
Batumi is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 2.0 °C. September is the wettest month (250 mm) and April the driest (100 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Batumi averages 2,140 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 24 days below freezing.
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Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 26 °C
- Coldest month January 2.0 °C
- Driest month April 100 mm
- Wettest month September 250 mm
- Least cloud June 57 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record February -10 °C
- Warmest sea August 26 °C
What to expectBatumi through the year
Batumi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.7 °C in January to 26 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C, 24 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 250 mm against 100 mm in April — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Batumi is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 9.1 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7 °C | 170 mm | 71 % |
| February | 9.5 °C | 141 mm | 67 % |
| March | 12.4 °C | 146 mm | 66 % |
| April | 17.0 °C | 100 mm | 61 % |
| May | 21.1 °C | 108 mm | 58 % |
| June | 23.8 °C | 148 mm | 57 % |
| July | 25.5 °C | 222 mm | 65 % |
| August | 26.1 °C | 246 mm | 67 % |
| September | 24.0 °C | 250 mm | 57 % |
| October | 20.9 °C | 242 mm | 59 % |
| November | 15.7 °C | 191 mm | 60 % |
| December | 10.8 °C | 176 mm | 66 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7 °C | 2.0 °C | 5.1 °C | 18.6 °C | -8.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| February | 9.5 °C | 2.1 °C | 5.6 °C | 23.2 °C | -10.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 12.4 °C | 4.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 27.9 °C | -7.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| April | 17.0 °C | 7.7 °C | 12.5 °C | 32.2 °C | -8.4 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 21.1 °C | 12.7 °C | 17.3 °C | 35.4 °C | 5.2 °C | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 23.8 °C | 17.1 °C | 20.7 °C | 35.2 °C | 9.2 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 25.5 °C | 20.3 °C | 23.0 °C | 37.2 °C | 13.9 °C | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| August | 26.1 °C | 21.2 °C | 23.6 °C | 34.7 °C | 15.3 °C | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| September | 24.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.0 °C | 36.4 °C | 9.3 °C | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 20.9 °C | 13.8 °C | 17.3 °C | 31.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 15.7 °C | 8.0 °C | 11.6 °C | 25.3 °C | -4.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 10.8 °C | 4.1 °C | 7.2 °C | 24.7 °C | -7.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 170 mm | 14 | 9.5 h/day | 71 % | 81 % | 12 km/h | 10.4 °C |
| February | 141 mm | 13 | 11 h/day | 67 % | 80 % | 12 km/h | 9.1 °C |
| March | 146 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 66 % | 80 % | 12 km/h | 9.1 °C |
| April | 100 mm | 13 | 13 h/day | 61 % | 79 % | 11 km/h | 11.4 °C |
| May | 108 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 58 % | 82 % | 10 km/h | 16.6 °C |
| June | 148 mm | 14 | 15 h/day | 57 % | 86 % | 11 km/h | 22.1 °C |
| July | 222 mm | 18 | 15 h/day | 65 % | 89 % | 10 km/h | 25.0 °C |
| August | 246 mm | 20 | 14 h/day | 67 % | 89 % | 10.0 km/h | 26.1 °C |
| September | 250 mm | 16 | 13 h/day | 57 % | 86 % | 10 km/h | 24.5 °C |
| October | 242 mm | 14 | 11 h/day | 59 % | 84 % | 10 km/h | 20.8 °C |
| November | 191 mm | 12 | 9.9 h/day | 60 % | 82 % | 11 km/h | 16.6 °C |
| December | 176 mm | 13 | 9.2 h/day | 66 % | 81 % | 12 km/h | 12.9 °C |
How Batumi compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batumi | 26 °C | 2.0 °C | 2,140 mm | 70 |
| Trabzon · Turkey | 25 °C | 2.1 °C | 1,678 mm | 41 |
| Erzurum · Turkey | 25 °C | -12 °C | 624 mm | 32 |
| Nalchik · Russia | 25 °C | -7.1 °C | 1,444 mm | 42 |
| Tbilisi · Georgia | 30 °C | -4.1 °C | 681 mm | 96 |
| Sochi · Russia | 26 °C | 2.1 °C | 1,315 mm | 61 |
| Erzincan · Turkey | 30 °C | -8.1 °C | 676 mm | 90 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Batumi.
QuestionsCommon questions about Batumi’s climate
When is the best time to visit Batumi?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Batumi get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 2.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 24 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Batumi?
September, averaging 250 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is April with 100 mm. The year as a whole averages 2,140 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Batumi rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- 41.641°, 41.631° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.