Adana climate
Adana is warmest in August, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.0 °C. December is the wettest month (139 mm) and August the driest (5.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Adana averages 691 mm of rain, 175 days above 25 °C and 10 days below freezing.
Turkey · population 1,816,750 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month August 35 °C
- Coldest month January 4.0 °C
- Driest month August 6 mm
- Wettest month December 139 mm
- Least cloud September 18 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 45 °C
- Coldest on record January -4.9 °C
What to expectAdana through the year
Adana has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 35 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 175 days a year reach 25 °C, 118 of them reach 30 °C, 10 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 139 mm against 6 mm in August — 25 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.0 °C | 106 mm | 49 % |
| February | 14.6 °C | 82 mm | 48 % |
| March | 18.1 °C | 74 mm | 46 % |
| April | 22.2 °C | 61 mm | 47 % |
| May | 26.7 °C | 52 mm | 40 % |
| June | 31.0 °C | 17 mm | 26 % |
| July | 34.1 °C | 7 mm | 22 % |
| August | 34.9 °C | 6 mm | 22 % |
| September | 32.4 °C | 19 mm | 18 % |
| October | 27.6 °C | 48 mm | 30 % |
| November | 20.4 °C | 81 mm | 38 % |
| December | 14.6 °C | 139 mm | 49 % |
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 | 13.0 °C | 4.0 °C | 8.0 °C | 19.9 °C | -4.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| February | 14.6 °C | 4.5 °C | 9.2 °C | 26.1 °C | -4.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| March | 18.1 °C | 7.2 °C | 12.5 °C | 29.1 °C | -1.8 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 22.2 °C | 11.0 °C | 16.6 °C | 35.0 °C | 0.6 °C | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 26.7 °C | 15.5 °C | 21.1 °C | 38.2 °C | 8.4 °C | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| June | 31.0 °C | 19.8 °C | 25.3 °C | 41.7 °C | 13.0 °C | 29 | 18 | 0 |
| July | 34.1 °C | 23.2 °C | 28.2 °C | 44.0 °C | 17.9 °C | 31 | 30 | 0 |
| August | 34.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 28.9 °C | 43.6 °C | 17.7 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| September | 32.4 °C | 20.7 °C | 26.1 °C | 44.9 °C | 11.7 °C | 30 | 24 | 0 |
| October | 27.6 °C | 15.7 °C | 21.2 °C | 37.4 °C | 6.5 °C | 23 | 8 | 0 |
| November | 20.4 °C | 9.8 °C | 14.4 °C | 30.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 14.6 °C | 5.8 °C | 9.6 °C | 26.7 °C | -3.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 106 mm | 9 | 9.9 h/day | 49 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 82 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 74 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 72 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 61 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 47 % | 73 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 52 mm | 7 | 14 h/day | 40 % | 72 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 17 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 26 % | 70 % | 16 km/h |
| July | 7 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 69 % | 18 km/h |
| August | 6 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 68 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 19 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 18 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 48 mm | 5 | 11 h/day | 30 % | 62 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 81 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 38 % | 64 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 139 mm | 9 | 9.6 h/day | 49 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
How Adana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adana | 35 °C | 4.0 °C | 691 mm | 175 |
| Tarsus · Turkey | 32 °C | 4.3 °C | 548 mm | 160 |
| Mersin · Turkey | 31 °C | 4.5 °C | 522 mm | 152 |
| Osmaniye · Turkey | 33 °C | 3.3 °C | 811 mm | 164 |
| İskenderun · Turkey | 33 °C | 7.6 °C | 670 mm | 169 |
| Antakya · Turkey | 33 °C | 5.0 °C | 626 mm | 172 |
| Kahramanmaraş · Turkey | 35 °C | -0.4 °C | 573 mm | 148 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Adana.
QuestionsCommon questions about Adana’s climate
When is the best time to visit Adana?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Adana get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 118 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 10 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Adana?
December, averaging 139 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is August with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 691 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 Adana 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
- 36.986°, 35.325° (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.