Erzurum climate

Name: Erzurum
Address: TR

Erzurum is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -12 °C. May is the wettest month (106 mm) and September the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Erzurum averages 624 mm of rain, 32 days above 25 °C and 168 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 767,848 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month January -12 °C
Driest month September 24 mm
Wettest month May 106 mm
Least cloud September 31 % cloud
Hottest on record August 33 °C
Coldest on record January -29 °C

What to expectErzurum through the year

Erzurum has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -1.7 °C in January to 25 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 32 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 168 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 106 mm against 24 mm in September — 4.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-1.7 °C	37 mm	66 %
February	-0.2 °C	42 mm	62 %
March	4.0 °C	65 mm	62 %
April	9.3 °C	85 mm	62 %
May	15.3 °C	106 mm	59 %
June	20.2 °C	66 mm	41 %
July	24.1 °C	44 mm	34 %
August	24.8 °C	32 mm	32 %
September	20.6 °C	24 mm	31 %
October	14.0 °C	45 mm	46 %
November	5.9 °C	40 mm	54 %
December	0.4 °C	38 mm	65 %

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	-1.7 °C	-12.2 °C	-7.0 °C	6.6 °C	-29.2 °C	0	0	31
February	-0.2 °C	-10.3 °C	-5.3 °C	8.4 °C	-26.3 °C	0	0	28
March	4.0 °C	-5.9 °C	-1.0 °C	15.9 °C	-19.4 °C	0	0	29
April	9.3 °C	-1.1 °C	4.1 °C	20.8 °C	-18.2 °C	0	0	19
May	15.3 °C	3.9 °C	9.7 °C	23.9 °C	-5.0 °C	0	0	3
June	20.2 °C	8.2 °C	14.3 °C	29.3 °C	0.0 °C	2	0	0
July	24.1 °C	11.5 °C	17.8 °C	32.4 °C	1.4 °C	12	1	0
August	24.8 °C	12.2 °C	18.3 °C	32.8 °C	4.3 °C	15	1	0
September	20.6 °C	8.6 °C	14.4 °C	29.3 °C	-1.8 °C	4	0	0
October	14.0 °C	3.5 °C	8.4 °C	22.6 °C	-12.5 °C	0	0	4
November	5.9 °C	-3.4 °C	0.8 °C	15.1 °C	-22.4 °C	0	0	23
December	0.4 °C	-9.8 °C	-4.9 °C	12.9 °C	-26.4 °C	0	0	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	37 mm	8	9.7 h/day	66 %	77 %	9.9 km/h
February	42 mm	8	11 h/day	62 %	75 %	11 km/h
March	65 mm	12	12 h/day	62 %	74 %	13 km/h
April	85 mm	15	13 h/day	62 %	73 %	13 km/h
May	106 mm	19	14 h/day	59 %	71 %	12 km/h
June	66 mm	12	15 h/day	41 %	66 %	11 km/h
July	44 mm	9	15 h/day	34 %	64 %	11 km/h
August	32 mm	7	14 h/day	32 %	60 %	11 km/h
September	24 mm	5	12 h/day	31 %	55 %	11 km/h
October	45 mm	8	11 h/day	46 %	65 %	11 km/h
November	40 mm	6	10.0 h/day	54 %	71 %	9.7 km/h
December	38 mm	7	9.4 h/day	65 %	77 %	9.2 km/h

How Erzurum 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
Erzurum	25 °C	-12 °C	624 mm	32
Erzincan · Turkey	30 °C	-8.1 °C	676 mm	90
Trabzon · Turkey	25 °C	2.1 °C	1,678 mm	41
Batumi · Georgia	26 °C	2.0 °C	2,140 mm	70
Elazığ · Turkey	33 °C	-3.0 °C	577 mm	123
Batman · Turkey	38 °C	-0.5 °C	673 mm	160

Where Erzurum ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	3rdof 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	5thof 50	93/100
The coolest places in Asia in May	8thof 50	15 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	10thof 50	9.3 °C
The coolest places in Asia in June	13thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	37thof 50	24 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Erzurum’s climate

When is the best time to visit Erzurum?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Erzurum get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -12 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 168 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Erzurum?

May, averaging 106 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is September with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 624 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 Erzurum 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.