Trabzon climate

Name: Trabzon
Address: TR

Trabzon is warmest in August, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 2.1 °C. October is the wettest month (218 mm) and February the driest (93 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Trabzon averages 1,678 mm of rain, 41 days above 25 °C and 23 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 244,083 · 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 February 2.1 °C
Driest month February 93 mm
Wettest month October 218 mm
Least cloud July 51 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record December -10 °C
Warmest sea August 26 °C

What to expectTrabzon through the year

Trabzon has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 8.9 °C in February to 25 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 41 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 23 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 218 mm against 93 mm in February — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Trabzon is warmest in August at 26 °C and coldest in February at 8.7 °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	8.6 °C	111 mm	69 %
February	8.9 °C	93 mm	67 %
March	11.3 °C	122 mm	67 %
April	15.1 °C	127 mm	63 %
May	19.1 °C	148 mm	60 %
June	22.3 °C	135 mm	53 %
July	24.6 °C	120 mm	51 %
August	25.0 °C	146 mm	56 %
September	22.5 °C	214 mm	57 %
October	19.4 °C	218 mm	61 %
November	14.9 °C	136 mm	59 %
December	10.8 °C	110 mm	66 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	8.6 °C	2.4 °C	5.3 °C	18.9 °C	-9.4 °C	0	7
February	8.9 °C	2.1 °C	5.5 °C	22.8 °C	-9.4 °C	0	8
March	11.3 °C	4.4 °C	8.0 °C	26.5 °C	-7.5 °C	0	4
April	15.1 °C	8.1 °C	11.9 °C	29.2 °C	-5.3 °C	1	0
May	19.1 °C	12.6 °C	16.2 °C	31.9 °C	5.9 °C	2	0
June	22.3 °C	16.8 °C	19.9 °C	33.1 °C	10.1 °C	4	0
July	24.6 °C	19.8 °C	22.4 °C	33.6 °C	13.7 °C	11	0
August	25.0 °C	20.6 °C	22.9 °C	31.5 °C	15.2 °C	15	0
September	22.5 °C	17.4 °C	20.0 °C	32.7 °C	9.9 °C	6	0
October	19.4 °C	13.6 °C	16.4 °C	30.1 °C	4.7 °C	3	0
November	14.9 °C	8.3 °C	11.3 °C	24.8 °C	-6.1 °C	0	1
December	10.8 °C	4.5 °C	7.4 °C	23.8 °C	-10.1 °C	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	111 mm	15	9.6 h/day	69 %	76 %	16 km/h	10.1 °C
February	93 mm	14	11 h/day	67 %	77 %	15 km/h	8.7 °C
March	122 mm	16	12 h/day	67 %	78 %	15 km/h	8.7 °C
April	127 mm	17	13 h/day	63 %	81 %	14 km/h	10.8 °C
May	148 mm	17	14 h/day	60 %	85 %	12 km/h	15.8 °C
June	135 mm	16	15 h/day	53 %	85 %	12 km/h	21.3 °C
July	120 mm	15	15 h/day	51 %	85 %	12 km/h	24.5 °C
August	146 mm	17	14 h/day	56 %	86 %	12 km/h	25.6 °C
September	214 mm	17	12 h/day	57 %	85 %	12 km/h	24.0 °C
October	218 mm	17	11 h/day	61 %	83 %	13 km/h	20.5 °C
November	136 mm	13	9.9 h/day	59 %	79 %	15 km/h	16.3 °C
December	110 mm	13	9.2 h/day	66 %	76 %	17 km/h	12.7 °C

How Trabzon 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
Trabzon	25 °C	2.1 °C	1,678 mm	41
Erzincan · Turkey	30 °C	-8.1 °C	676 mm	90
Ordu · Turkey	25 °C	1.9 °C	1,264 mm	42
Batumi · Georgia	26 °C	2.0 °C	2,140 mm	70
Erzurum · Turkey	25 °C	-12 °C	624 mm	32
Elazığ · Turkey	33 °C	-3.0 °C	577 mm	123
Sivas · Turkey	28 °C	-7.6 °C	434 mm	70

Where Trabzon ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Asia in June	32ndof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in Asia in July	42ndof 50	25 °C
The coolest places in Asia in May	45thof 50	19 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Trabzon’s climate

When is the best time to visit Trabzon?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Trabzon get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.1 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 23 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Trabzon?

October, averaging 218 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 93 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,678 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 Trabzon 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.