Balıkesir climate

Name: Balıkesir
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Balıkesir is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.5 °C. December is the wettest month (80 mm) and August the driest (8.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Balıkesir averages 569 mm of rain, 124 days above 25 °C and 32 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 238,151 · 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 1.5 °C
Driest month August 8 mm
Wettest month December 80 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -17 °C

What to expectBalıkesir through the year

Balıkesir has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.9 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 124 days a year reach 25 °C, 53 of them reach 30 °C, 32 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 80 mm against 8 mm in August — 9.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	8.9 °C	78 mm	66 %
February	10.4 °C	72 mm	64 %
March	13.5 °C	67 mm	59 %
April	18.1 °C	54 mm	54 %
May	23.4 °C	40 mm	45 %
June	28.0 °C	31 mm	28 %
July	30.6 °C	11 mm	16 %
August	30.7 °C	8 mm	18 %
September	26.7 °C	23 mm	29 %
October	21.2 °C	48 mm	49 %
November	15.4 °C	56 mm	58 %
December	10.3 °C	80 mm	67 %

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	8.9 °C	1.5 °C	4.9 °C	19.1 °C	-15.6 °C	0	0	11
February	10.4 °C	1.9 °C	5.9 °C	23.3 °C	-16.8 °C	0	0	9
March	13.5 °C	3.7 °C	8.4 °C	28.6 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	4
April	18.1 °C	7.3 °C	12.7 °C	30.8 °C	-1.5 °C	2	0	0
May	23.4 °C	12.1 °C	17.8 °C	37.5 °C	2.8 °C	11	2	0
June	28.0 °C	16.5 °C	22.4 °C	40.9 °C	8.2 °C	24	9	0
July	30.6 °C	19.0 °C	24.7 °C	41.1 °C	12.0 °C	30	18	0
August	30.7 °C	19.3 °C	24.7 °C	40.4 °C	13.0 °C	30	18	0
September	26.7 °C	15.7 °C	20.9 °C	38.0 °C	8.6 °C	20	6	0
October	21.2 °C	11.7 °C	16.0 °C	36.2 °C	2.0 °C	7	1	0
November	15.4 °C	6.8 °C	10.7 °C	27.4 °C	-3.6 °C	0	0	1
December	10.3 °C	3.3 °C	6.6 °C	23.1 °C	-9.5 °C	0	0	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	78 mm	11	9.7 h/day	66 %	81 %	16 km/h
February	72 mm	10	11 h/day	64 %	79 %	17 km/h
March	67 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	75 %	17 km/h
April	54 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	71 %	16 km/h
May	40 mm	7	14 h/day	45 %	68 %	16 km/h
June	31 mm	6	15 h/day	28 %	63 %	17 km/h
July	11 mm	2	15 h/day	16 %	60 %	19 km/h
August	8 mm	2	14 h/day	18 %	62 %	20 km/h
September	23 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	65 %	17 km/h
October	48 mm	7	11 h/day	49 %	74 %	15 km/h
November	56 mm	7	10 h/day	58 %	79 %	15 km/h
December	80 mm	11	9.4 h/day	67 %	82 %	16 km/h

How Balıkesir 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
Balıkesir	31 °C	1.5 °C	569 mm	124
Bursa · Turkey	30 °C	1.8 °C	861 mm	114
Karşıyaka · Turkey	35 °C	3.7 °C	646 mm	154
İzmir · Turkey	35 °C	3.0 °C	707 mm	150
Konak · Turkey	35 °C	3.2 °C	646 mm	149
Karabağlar · Turkey	36 °C	3.3 °C	711 mm	155

Where Balıkesir ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	45th of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Balıkesir’s climate

When is the best time to visit Balıkesir?

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

How hot does Balıkesir 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 1.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 32 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Balıkesir?

December, averaging 80 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 569 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 Balıkesir 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: 39.649°, 27.886° (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.