Tarsus climate
Tarsus is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 4.3 °C. December is the wettest month (122 mm) and July the driest (5.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Tarsus averages 548 mm of rain, 160 days above 25 °C and 6 days below freezing.
Turkey · population 350,732 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 4.3 °C
- Driest month July 5 mm
- Wettest month December 122 mm
- Least cloud September 17 % cloud
- Hottest on record September 46 °C
- Coldest on record February -4.7 °C
What to expectTarsus through the year
Tarsus has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 160 days a year reach 25 °C, 86 of them reach 30 °C, 6 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in September.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 122 mm against 5 mm in July — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5 °C | 94 mm | 51 % |
| February | 13.9 °C | 68 mm | 48 % |
| March | 17.0 °C | 61 mm | 45 % |
| April | 20.8 °C | 42 mm | 45 % |
| May | 25.1 °C | 33 mm | 38 % |
| June | 28.9 °C | 11 mm | 25 % |
| July | 31.6 °C | 5 mm | 20 % |
| August | 32.2 °C | 5 mm | 21 % |
| September | 30.2 °C | 11 mm | 17 % |
| October | 26.2 °C | 29 mm | 29 % |
| November | 19.6 °C | 67 mm | 38 % |
| December | 14.2 °C | 122 mm | 50 % |
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 | 12.5 °C | 4.3 °C | 8.1 °C | 19.6 °C | -4.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| February | 13.9 °C | 4.7 °C | 9.1 °C | 25.1 °C | -4.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| March | 17.0 °C | 7.1 °C | 12.2 °C | 28.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 20.8 °C | 10.6 °C | 16.0 °C | 33.1 °C | 0.6 °C | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 25.1 °C | 15.1 °C | 20.4 °C | 38.0 °C | 8.6 °C | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| June | 28.9 °C | 19.4 °C | 24.4 °C | 39.0 °C | 11.8 °C | 28 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 31.6 °C | 22.7 °C | 27.1 °C | 43.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 31 | 25 | 0 |
| August | 32.2 °C | 23.5 °C | 27.7 °C | 41.9 °C | 18.1 °C | 31 | 28 | 0 |
| September | 30.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 25.2 °C | 45.5 °C | 11.5 °C | 29 | 15 | 0 |
| October | 26.2 °C | 15.6 °C | 20.7 °C | 37.0 °C | 6.7 °C | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 19.6 °C | 10.0 °C | 14.5 °C | 29.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 14.2 °C | 6.1 °C | 9.8 °C | 25.7 °C | -2.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 94 mm | 9 | 9.9 h/day | 51 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 68 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 61 mm | 8 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| April | 42 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 45 % | 71 % | 13 km/h |
| May | 33 mm | 6 | 14 h/day | 38 % | 70 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 11 mm | 3 | 15 h/day | 25 % | 71 % | 14 km/h |
| July | 5 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 20 % | 72 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 5 mm | 1 | 14 h/day | 21 % | 70 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 11 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 17 % | 63 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 29 mm | 3 | 11 h/day | 29 % | 58 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 67 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 38 % | 61 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 122 mm | 9 | 9.7 h/day | 50 % | 68 % | 11 km/h |
How Tarsus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tarsus | 32 °C | 4.3 °C | 548 mm | 160 |
| Mersin · Turkey | 31 °C | 4.5 °C | 522 mm | 152 |
| Adana · Turkey | 35 °C | 4.0 °C | 691 mm | 175 |
| İskenderun · Turkey | 33 °C | 7.6 °C | 670 mm | 169 |
| Osmaniye · Turkey | 33 °C | 3.3 °C | 811 mm | 164 |
| Antakya · Turkey | 33 °C | 5.0 °C | 626 mm | 172 |
| Karaman · Turkey | 31 °C | -3.1 °C | 322 mm | 122 |
Where Tarsus ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia year-round | 41stof 50 | 77/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tarsus.
QuestionsCommon questions about Tarsus’s climate
When is the best time to visit Tarsus?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Tarsus get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 86 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 4.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 6 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Tarsus?
December, averaging 122 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is July with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 548 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 Tarsus 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
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.