Samsun climate

Name: Samsun
Address: TR

Samsun is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 2.0 °C. October is the wettest month (91 mm) and August the driest (35 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Samsun averages 856 mm of rain, 62 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 394,050 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month February 2.0 °C
Driest month August 35 mm
Wettest month October 91 mm
Least cloud July 34 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record February -12 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectSamsun through the year

Samsun has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.1 °C in February to 27 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 62 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 91 mm against 35 mm in August — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Samsun is warmest in August at 25 °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	8.7 °C	81 mm	68 %
February	9.1 °C	72 mm	67 %
March	11.6 °C	89 mm	67 %
April	15.1 °C	78 mm	60 %
May	19.2 °C	77 mm	55 %
June	23.2 °C	60 mm	44 %
July	25.8 °C	37 mm	34 %
August	26.5 °C	35 mm	35 %
September	23.2 °C	67 mm	48 %
October	19.4 °C	91 mm	60 %
November	14.8 °C	81 mm	58 %
December	10.6 °C	90 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	8.7 °C	2.2 °C	5.2 °C	18.9 °C	-9.3 °C	0	0	7
February	9.1 °C	2.0 °C	5.4 °C	23.0 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	8
March	11.6 °C	3.8 °C	7.6 °C	27.2 °C	-8.7 °C	0	0	3
April	15.1 °C	6.9 °C	11.1 °C	31.4 °C	-4.8 °C	1	0	0
May	19.2 °C	11.5 °C	15.6 °C	30.6 °C	3.2 °C	2	0	0
June	23.2 °C	15.8 °C	19.9 °C	33.6 °C	8.1 °C	6	0	0
July	25.8 °C	18.6 °C	22.5 °C	34.1 °C	12.7 °C	19	1	0
August	26.5 °C	19.4 °C	23.1 °C	33.4 °C	13.3 °C	23	1	0
September	23.2 °C	16.2 °C	19.6 °C	35.4 °C	8.4 °C	8	1	0
October	19.4 °C	12.7 °C	15.8 °C	32.9 °C	5.3 °C	3	0	0
November	14.8 °C	7.8 °C	11.0 °C	25.3 °C	-2.2 °C	0	0	0
December	10.6 °C	4.4 °C	7.2 °C	22.6 °C	-7.9 °C	0	0	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	81 mm	13	9.5 h/day	68 %	78 %	16 km/h	9.5 °C
February	72 mm	11	11 h/day	67 %	78 %	16 km/h	8.2 °C
March	89 mm	14	12 h/day	67 %	80 %	14 km/h	8.2 °C
April	78 mm	13	13 h/day	60 %	81 %	13 km/h	10.3 °C
May	77 mm	12	15 h/day	55 %	83 %	13 km/h	15.0 °C
June	60 mm	10	15 h/day	44 %	81 %	13 km/h	20.6 °C
July	37 mm	7	15 h/day	34 %	78 %	14 km/h	23.9 °C
August	35 mm	7	14 h/day	35 %	77 %	15 km/h	25.1 °C
September	67 mm	10	12 h/day	48 %	80 %	14 km/h	23.1 °C
October	91 mm	11	11 h/day	60 %	81 %	13 km/h	19.5 °C
November	81 mm	9	9.9 h/day	58 %	79 %	14 km/h	15.6 °C
December	90 mm	12	9.2 h/day	65 %	78 %	16 km/h	12.1 °C

How Samsun 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
Samsun	27 °C	2.0 °C	856 mm	62
Ordu · Turkey	25 °C	1.9 °C	1,264 mm	42
Çorum · Turkey	29 °C	-3.0 °C	553 mm	95
Sivas · Turkey	28 °C	-7.6 °C	434 mm	70
Trabzon · Turkey	25 °C	2.1 °C	1,678 mm	41
Kırıkkale · Turkey	32 °C	-2.6 °C	365 mm	128

Where Samsun ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	20th of 50	85/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in August	23rd of 50	91/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in July	28th of 50	89/100
The coolest places in Asia in May	47th of 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Samsun’s climate

When is the best time to visit Samsun?

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 Samsun get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.0 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Samsun?

October, averaging 91 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is August with 35 mm. The year as a whole averages 856 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 Samsun 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: 41.280°, 36.336° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.