Kırıkkale climate

Name: Kırıkkale
Address: TR

Kırıkkale is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.6 °C. December is the wettest month (48 mm) and July the driest (5.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kırıkkale averages 365 mm of rain, 128 days above 25 °C and 71 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 186,960 · 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 July 32 °C
Coldest month January -2.6 °C
Driest month July 5 mm
Wettest month December 48 mm
Least cloud August 13 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record February -23 °C

What to expectKırıkkale through the year

Kırıkkale has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.7 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 128 days a year reach 25 °C, 66 of them reach 30 °C, 71 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 48 mm against 5 mm in July — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.7 °C	44 mm	59 %
February	8.1 °C	38 mm	57 %
March	12.9 °C	46 mm	53 %
April	18.4 °C	40 mm	50 %
May	23.8 °C	40 mm	43 %
June	28.2 °C	27 mm	28 %
July	32.0 °C	5 mm	14 %
August	31.9 °C	6 mm	13 %
September	27.3 °C	10 mm	20 %
October	21.0 °C	22 mm	37 %
November	13.2 °C	37 mm	44 %
December	7.5 °C	48 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	5.7 °C	-2.6 °C	1.3 °C	17.0 °C	-22.9 °C	0	0	21
February	8.1 °C	-1.4 °C	3.1 °C	20.4 °C	-23.3 °C	0	0	16
March	12.9 °C	1.7 °C	7.3 °C	28.0 °C	-13.4 °C	0	0	10
April	18.4 °C	6.5 °C	12.6 °C	32.3 °C	-9.0 °C	3	0	1
May	23.8 °C	11.4 °C	17.9 °C	34.6 °C	1.6 °C	12	2	0
June	28.2 °C	15.2 °C	22.1 °C	38.3 °C	6.4 °C	23	10	0
July	32.0 °C	17.9 °C	25.5 °C	42.2 °C	10.5 °C	30	23	0
August	31.9 °C	18.0 °C	25.4 °C	40.8 °C	10.7 °C	30	22	0
September	27.3 °C	14.1 °C	20.9 °C	38.4 °C	5.3 °C	21	8	0
October	21.0 °C	9.5 °C	15.1 °C	33.3 °C	-2.2 °C	7	1	0
November	13.2 °C	3.4 °C	7.8 °C	23.9 °C	-11.4 °C	0	0	6
December	7.5 °C	-0.4 °C	3.1 °C	19.3 °C	-13.5 °C	0	0	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	44 mm	8	9.7 h/day	59 %	76 %	13 km/h
February	38 mm	7	11 h/day	57 %	69 %	15 km/h
March	46 mm	9	12 h/day	53 %	62 %	16 km/h
April	40 mm	8	13 h/day	50 %	56 %	16 km/h
May	40 mm	8	14 h/day	43 %	52 %	15 km/h
June	27 mm	6	15 h/day	28 %	48 %	15 km/h
July	5 mm	1	15 h/day	14 %	41 %	16 km/h
August	6 mm	1	14 h/day	13 %	41 %	15 km/h
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	20 %	44 %	13 km/h
October	22 mm	4	11 h/day	37 %	56 %	13 km/h
November	37 mm	5	10.0 h/day	44 %	68 %	12 km/h
December	48 mm	8	9.4 h/day	59 %	77 %	12 km/h

How Kırıkkale 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
Kırıkkale	32 °C	-2.6 °C	365 mm	128
Ankara · Turkey	31 °C	-2.7 °C	420 mm	115
Gölbaşı · Turkey	30 °C	-3.4 °C	431 mm	105
Kırşehir · Turkey	30 °C	-3.5 °C	394 mm	110
Çorum · Turkey	29 °C	-3.0 °C	553 mm	95
Aksaray · Turkey	31 °C	-3.9 °C	337 mm	117
Bolu · Turkey	26 °C	-2.8 °C	990 mm	62

Where Kırıkkale ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in May	49thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	50thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kırıkkale’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kırıkkale?

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, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kırıkkale get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 66 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 -2.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 71 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kırıkkale?

December, averaging 48 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is July with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 365 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 Kırıkkale 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.