Ankara climate

Name: Ankara
Address: TR

Ankara is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.7 °C. December is the wettest month (53 mm) and July the driest (8.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ankara averages 420 mm of rain, 115 days above 25 °C and 76 days below freezing.

Turkey · 850 m elevation · population 3,517,182 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month January -2.7 °C
Driest month July 9 mm
Wettest month December 53 mm
Least cloud August 14 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -21 °C

What to expectAnkara through the year

Ankara has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.3 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 115 days a year reach 25 °C, 53 of them reach 30 °C, 76 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 53 mm against 9 mm in July — 6.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.3 °C	50 mm	59 %
February	7.4 °C	44 mm	57 %
March	11.9 °C	53 mm	54 %
April	17.2 °C	46 mm	50 %
May	22.4 °C	44 mm	43 %
June	26.8 °C	31 mm	28 %
July	31.0 °C	9 mm	14 %
August	31.1 °C	10 mm	14 %
September	26.5 °C	13 mm	21 %
October	20.3 °C	28 mm	37 %
November	12.9 °C	39 mm	45 %
December	7.2 °C	53 mm	59 %

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	5.3 °C	-2.7 °C	0.9 °C	16.0 °C	-21.0 °C	0	0	22
February	7.4 °C	-1.8 °C	2.5 °C	19.9 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	18
March	11.9 °C	1.1 °C	6.4 °C	26.4 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	12
April	17.2 °C	5.5 °C	11.5 °C	29.9 °C	-12.4 °C	2	0	2
May	22.4 °C	10.4 °C	16.6 °C	33.5 °C	0.7 °C	9	1	0
June	26.8 °C	14.2 °C	20.7 °C	37.0 °C	4.7 °C	20	7	0
July	31.0 °C	17.0 °C	24.4 °C	41.1 °C	10.0 °C	30	19	0
August	31.1 °C	17.3 °C	24.5 °C	39.5 °C	9.8 °C	30	20	0
September	26.5 °C	13.6 °C	20.1 °C	37.8 °C	4.9 °C	19	6	0
October	20.3 °C	9.1 °C	14.5 °C	31.7 °C	-3.6 °C	5	0	0
November	12.9 °C	3.2 °C	7.5 °C	23.4 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	6
December	7.2 °C	-0.6 °C	2.8 °C	19.4 °C	-17.4 °C	0	0	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	50 mm	8	9.7 h/day	59 %	77 %	13 km/h
February	44 mm	8	11 h/day	57 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	53 mm	9	12 h/day	54 %	65 %	16 km/h
April	46 mm	9	13 h/day	50 %	60 %	15 km/h
May	44 mm	9	14 h/day	43 %	57 %	15 km/h
June	31 mm	6	15 h/day	28 %	53 %	15 km/h
July	9 mm	2	15 h/day	14 %	44 %	16 km/h
August	10 mm	2	14 h/day	14 %	44 %	16 km/h
September	13 mm	2	12 h/day	21 %	46 %	14 km/h
October	28 mm	5	11 h/day	37 %	57 %	13 km/h
November	39 mm	6	10.0 h/day	45 %	68 %	12 km/h
December	53 mm	9	9.4 h/day	59 %	77 %	12 km/h

How Ankara 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
Ankara	31 °C	-2.7 °C	420 mm	115
Gölbaşı · Turkey	30 °C	-3.4 °C	431 mm	105
Kırıkkale · Turkey	32 °C	-2.6 °C	365 mm	128
Bolu · Turkey	26 °C	-2.8 °C	990 mm	62
Kırşehir · Turkey	30 °C	-3.5 °C	394 mm	110
Düzce · Turkey	27 °C	-0.6 °C	1,072 mm	83
Çorum · Turkey	29 °C	-3.0 °C	553 mm	95

Where Ankara ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	23rd of 50	90/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ankara.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ankara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ankara?

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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ankara get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 53 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 76 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ankara?

December, averaging 53 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 420 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 Ankara 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: 39.920°, 32.854° , 850 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.