Kayseri climate
Kayseri is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.7 °C. May is the wettest month (75 mm) and August the driest (6.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Kayseri averages 502 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 107 days below freezing.
Turkey · population 1,452,458 · 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 -5.7 °C
- Driest month August 6 mm
- Wettest month May 75 mm
- Least cloud August 11 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 40 °C
- Coldest on record December -26 °C
What to expectKayseri through the year
Kayseri has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 4.1 °C in January to 31 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 49 of them reach 30 °C, 107 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 75 mm against 6 mm in August — 12 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1 °C | 49 mm | 61 % |
| February | 5.7 °C | 44 mm | 58 % |
| March | 11.2 °C | 65 mm | 56 % |
| April | 17.0 °C | 70 mm | 54 % |
| May | 21.9 °C | 75 mm | 45 % |
| June | 26.3 °C | 43 mm | 28 % |
| July | 30.6 °C | 8 mm | 14 % |
| August | 31.0 °C | 6 mm | 11 % |
| September | 26.7 °C | 18 mm | 18 % |
| October | 20.5 °C | 34 mm | 37 % |
| November | 12.5 °C | 39 mm | 45 % |
| December | 6.2 °C | 49 mm | 60 % |
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 | 4.1 °C | -5.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 14.7 °C | -23.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| February | 5.7 °C | -5.3 °C | 0.1 °C | 18.5 °C | -24.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| March | 11.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 5.3 °C | 25.0 °C | -23.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| April | 17.0 °C | 4.2 °C | 10.8 °C | 30.1 °C | -10.4 °C | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| May | 21.9 °C | 9.1 °C | 15.8 °C | 32.9 °C | 0.7 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 26.3 °C | 13.4 °C | 20.3 °C | 36.2 °C | 5.9 °C | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| July | 30.6 °C | 16.5 °C | 23.9 °C | 39.7 °C | 8.1 °C | 29 | 17 | 0 |
| August | 31.0 °C | 17.0 °C | 24.2 °C | 39.3 °C | 9.6 °C | 30 | 19 | 0 |
| September | 26.7 °C | 13.2 °C | 20.1 °C | 37.1 °C | 3.8 °C | 21 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 20.5 °C | 7.9 °C | 14.0 °C | 31.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 12.5 °C | 1.1 °C | 6.4 °C | 23.0 °C | -16.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| December | 6.2 °C | -3.5 °C | 1.0 °C | 20.5 °C | -25.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49 mm | 9 | 9.8 h/day | 61 % | 77 % | 10 km/h |
| February | 44 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 74 % | 11 km/h |
| March | 65 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 56 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 70 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 54 % | 63 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 75 mm | 13 | 14 h/day | 45 % | 60 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 43 mm | 8 | 15 h/day | 28 % | 53 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 8 mm | 2 | 15 h/day | 14 % | 43 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 6 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 11 % | 42 % | 13 km/h |
| September | 18 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 18 % | 44 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 34 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 37 % | 58 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 39 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 45 % | 68 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 49 mm | 8 | 9.5 h/day | 60 % | 77 % | 10 km/h |
How Kayseri 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kayseri | 31 °C | -5.7 °C | 502 mm | 113 |
| Kırşehir · Turkey | 30 °C | -3.5 °C | 394 mm | 110 |
| Aksaray · Turkey | 31 °C | -3.9 °C | 337 mm | 117 |
| Sivas · Turkey | 28 °C | -7.6 °C | 434 mm | 70 |
| Kahramanmaraş · Turkey | 35 °C | -0.4 °C | 573 mm | 148 |
| Adana · Turkey | 35 °C | 4.0 °C | 691 mm | 175 |
| Osmaniye · Turkey | 33 °C | 3.3 °C | 811 mm | 164 |
Where Kayseri ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in June | 47th of 50 | 89/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kayseri.
QuestionsCommon questions about Kayseri’s climate
When is the best time to visit Kayseri?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, 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 Kayseri get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 49 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 107 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Kayseri?
May, averaging 75 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 502 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 Kayseri 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
- 38.732°, 35.485° (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.