Edirne climate
Edirne is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.8 °C. December is the wettest month (62 mm) and August the driest (15 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Edirne averages 540 mm of rain, 122 days above 25 °C and 60 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January -0.8 °C
- Driest month August 15 mm
- Wettest month December 62 mm
- Least cloud August 20 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 42 °C
- Coldest on record January -22 °C
What to expectEdirne through the year
Edirne has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.6 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 22 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 122 days a year reach 25 °C, 60 of them reach 30 °C, 60 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 62 mm against 15 mm in August — 4.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6 °C | 54 mm | 60 % |
| February | 9.6 °C | 48 mm | 59 % |
| March | 13.2 °C | 55 mm | 56 % |
| April | 18.1 °C | 44 mm | 52 % |
| May | 23.6 °C | 48 mm | 47 % |
| June | 28.4 °C | 39 mm | 35 % |
| July | 31.3 °C | 31 mm | 22 % |
| August | 31.7 °C | 15 mm | 20 % |
| September | 26.7 °C | 28 mm | 33 % |
| October | 20.2 °C | 60 mm | 49 % |
| November | 14.2 °C | 56 mm | 57 % |
| December | 8.7 °C | 62 mm | 61 % |
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 | 7.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 3.1 °C | 18.0 °C | -22.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| February | 9.6 °C | 0.1 °C | 4.6 °C | 20.8 °C | -16.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| March | 13.2 °C | 2.6 °C | 7.8 °C | 25.1 °C | -11.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| April | 18.1 °C | 6.5 °C | 12.3 °C | 28.6 °C | -6.9 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May | 23.6 °C | 11.8 °C | 17.9 °C | 35.8 °C | 3.5 °C | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 28.4 °C | 16.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 40.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 25 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 31.3 °C | 19.0 °C | 25.4 °C | 42.3 °C | 12.8 °C | 30 | 20 | 0 |
| August | 31.7 °C | 19.3 °C | 25.5 °C | 41.7 °C | 12.4 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 26.7 °C | 14.9 °C | 20.7 °C | 37.7 °C | 6.8 °C | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| October | 20.2 °C | 10.1 °C | 14.9 °C | 35.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 14.2 °C | 5.3 °C | 9.5 °C | 25.2 °C | -5.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| December | 8.7 °C | 0.9 °C | 4.5 °C | 22.4 °C | -17.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54 mm | 7 | 9.5 h/day | 60 % | 80 % | 16 km/h |
| February | 48 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 59 % | 76 % | 17 km/h |
| March | 55 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 73 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 44 mm | 7 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 69 % | 17 km/h |
| May | 48 mm | 8 | 15 h/day | 47 % | 65 % | 16 km/h |
| June | 39 mm | 7 | 15 h/day | 35 % | 60 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 31 mm | 5 | 15 h/day | 22 % | 54 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 15 mm | 3 | 14 h/day | 20 % | 53 % | 17 km/h |
| September | 28 mm | 4 | 13 h/day | 33 % | 59 % | 16 km/h |
| October | 60 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 49 % | 71 % | 15 km/h |
| November | 56 mm | 7 | 9.8 h/day | 57 % | 78 % | 15 km/h |
| December | 62 mm | 8 | 9.2 h/day | 61 % | 80 % | 16 km/h |
How Edirne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edirne | 32 °C | -0.8 °C | 540 mm | 122 |
| Çorlu · Turkey | 29 °C | 0.8 °C | 584 mm | 101 |
| Burgas · Bulgaria | 28 °C | -0.7 °C | 602 mm | 87 |
| Plovdiv · Bulgaria | 29 °C | -2.9 °C | 537 mm | 96 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Edirne.
QuestionsCommon questions about Edirne’s climate
When is the best time to visit Edirne?
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 Edirne get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 60 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 60 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Edirne?
December, averaging 62 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is August with 15 mm. The year as a whole averages 540 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 Edirne 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
- 41.677°, 26.556° (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.