Bursa climate

Name: Bursa
Address: TR

Bursa is warmest in August, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.8 °C. December is the wettest month (104 mm) and August the driest (26 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bursa averages 861 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 3,101,833 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month January 1.8 °C
Driest month August 26 mm
Wettest month December 104 mm
Least cloud July 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -11 °C
Warmest sea August 24 °C

What to expectBursa through the year

Bursa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.2 °C in January to 30 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 104 mm against 26 mm in August — 4.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Bursa is warmest in August at 24 °C and coldest in February at 8.2 °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	9.2 °C	95 mm	64 %
February	10.5 °C	89 mm	64 %
March	13.6 °C	95 mm	59 %
April	18.2 °C	81 mm	55 %
May	22.8 °C	70 mm	47 %
June	26.7 °C	55 mm	31 %
July	29.4 °C	26 mm	19 %
August	29.9 °C	26 mm	20 %
September	26.0 °C	57 mm	32 %
October	21.0 °C	83 mm	49 %
November	15.9 °C	79 mm	55 %
December	10.9 °C	104 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	9.2 °C	1.8 °C	5.3 °C	20.4 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	8
February	10.5 °C	2.1 °C	6.2 °C	24.5 °C	-11.2 °C	0	0	7
March	13.6 °C	4.3 °C	8.9 °C	29.2 °C	-8.9 °C	0	0	3
April	18.2 °C	8.2 °C	13.4 °C	33.0 °C	-5.2 °C	2	0	0
May	22.8 °C	13.2 °C	18.3 °C	33.5 °C	5.6 °C	9	1	0
June	26.7 °C	17.4 °C	22.3 °C	39.1 °C	9.4 °C	20	5	0
July	29.4 °C	19.5 °C	24.6 °C	41.0 °C	14.3 °C	29	13	0
August	29.9 °C	19.9 °C	24.8 °C	39.0 °C	13.6 °C	29	16	0
September	26.0 °C	16.7 °C	21.2 °C	37.8 °C	8.4 °C	18	5	0
October	21.0 °C	12.7 °C	16.6 °C	34.3 °C	2.7 °C	6	1	0
November	15.9 °C	7.6 °C	11.5 °C	27.8 °C	-5.6 °C	0	0	1
December	10.9 °C	3.8 °C	7.1 °C	24.9 °C	-10.2 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	95 mm	13	9.6 h/day	64 %	83 %	10 km/h	9.1 °C
February	89 mm	12	11 h/day	64 %	81 %	11 km/h	8.2 °C
March	95 mm	12	12 h/day	59 %	78 %	11 km/h	9.0 °C
April	81 mm	11	13 h/day	55 %	75 %	11 km/h	11.5 °C
May	70 mm	10	14 h/day	47 %	74 %	11 km/h	16.0 °C
June	55 mm	8	15 h/day	31 %	72 %	11 km/h	20.8 °C
July	26 mm	5	15 h/day	19 %	68 %	13 km/h	23.2 °C
August	26 mm	4	14 h/day	20 %	68 %	14 km/h	24.1 °C
September	57 mm	7	12 h/day	32 %	71 %	12 km/h	22.3 °C
October	83 mm	9	11 h/day	49 %	78 %	10 km/h	19.0 °C
November	79 mm	9	10.0 h/day	55 %	80 %	9.7 km/h	15.0 °C
December	104 mm	13	9.3 h/day	66 %	83 %	10.0 km/h	11.5 °C

How Bursa 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
Bursa	30 °C	1.8 °C	861 mm	113
Gebze · Turkey	28 °C	2.1 °C	684 mm	83
Istanbul · Turkey	28 °C	4.0 °C	677 mm	85
Bağcılar · Turkey	27 °C	3.6 °C	677 mm	78
İzmit · Turkey	28 °C	1.4 °C	919 mm	104
Esenyurt · Turkey	27 °C	3.7 °C	635 mm	76

Where Bursa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	14thof 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	21stof 50	93/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in September	34thof 50	87/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in June	37thof 50	80/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bursa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bursa?

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 Bursa get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 41 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 1.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bursa?

December, averaging 104 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 26 mm. The year as a whole averages 861 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 Bursa 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
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.