Van climate

Name: Van
Address: TR

Van is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.5 °C. April is the wettest month (59 mm) and August the driest (6.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Van averages 400 mm of rain, 79 days above 25 °C and 131 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 525,016 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month January -8.5 °C
Driest month August 7 mm
Wettest month April 59 mm
Least cloud August 12 % cloud
Hottest on record July 35 °C
Coldest on record February -24 °C

What to expectVan through the year

Van has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.5 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 79 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C, 131 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 59 mm against 7 mm in August — 8.8 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	0.5 °C	34 mm	59 %
February	1.4 °C	35 mm	56 %
March	5.7 °C	55 mm	54 %
April	12.0 °C	59 mm	52 %
May	17.6 °C	57 mm	44 %
June	23.8 °C	26 mm	21 %
July	28.3 °C	12 mm	15 %
August	28.6 °C	7 mm	12 %
September	23.6 °C	12 mm	14 %
October	16.5 °C	33 mm	35 %
November	8.7 °C	34 mm	47 %
December	2.9 °C	36 mm	57 %

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	0.5 °C	-8.5 °C	-3.6 °C	11.2 °C	-20.4 °C	0	0	31
February	1.4 °C	-8.2 °C	-2.9 °C	10.8 °C	-23.9 °C	0	0	28
March	5.7 °C	-3.8 °C	1.4 °C	18.4 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	26
April	12.0 °C	1.1 °C	7.0 °C	24.5 °C	-14.2 °C	0	0	8
May	17.6 °C	5.6 °C	12.3 °C	26.4 °C	-1.8 °C	0	0	0
June	23.8 °C	10.8 °C	18.2 °C	31.9 °C	4.1 °C	11	0	0
July	28.3 °C	15.2 °C	22.6 °C	35.1 °C	8.9 °C	28	8	0
August	28.6 °C	15.8 °C	22.9 °C	34.8 °C	9.5 °C	29	9	0
September	23.6 °C	12.1 °C	18.2 °C	31.2 °C	2.1 °C	11	1	0
October	16.5 °C	6.8 °C	11.8 °C	24.7 °C	-1.2 °C	0	0	0
November	8.7 °C	0.5 °C	4.6 °C	17.5 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	11
December	2.9 °C	-5.6 °C	-1.1 °C	15.7 °C	-17.7 °C	0	0	28

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	7	9.8 h/day	59 %	78 %	9.9 km/h
February	35 mm	8	11 h/day	56 %	76 %	10 km/h
March	55 mm	10	12 h/day	54 %	73 %	12 km/h
April	59 mm	13	13 h/day	52 %	69 %	13 km/h
May	57 mm	13	14 h/day	44 %	64 %	13 km/h
June	26 mm	7	15 h/day	21 %	52 %	13 km/h
July	12 mm	3	15 h/day	15 %	46 %	13 km/h
August	7 mm	2	14 h/day	12 %	44 %	13 km/h
September	12 mm	2	12 h/day	14 %	49 %	13 km/h
October	33 mm	7	11 h/day	35 %	63 %	12 km/h
November	34 mm	7	10 h/day	47 %	71 %	10 km/h
December	36 mm	8	9.5 h/day	57 %	78 %	9.6 km/h

How Van 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
Van	29 °C	-8.5 °C	400 mm	79
Khūy · Iran	33 °C	-6.3 °C	371 mm	129
Orūmīyeh · Iran	31 °C	-5.9 °C	361 mm	109
Dihok · Iraq	40 °C	0.1 °C	515 mm	175
Sumayl · Iraq	40 °C	0.5 °C	480 mm	176

Where Van ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in September	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	1stof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	3rdof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	9thof 50	87/100
The coolest places in Asia in May	21stof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in Asia in April	29thof 50	12 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Van’s climate

When is the best time to visit Van?

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 Van get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 18 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 -8.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 131 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Van?

April, averaging 59 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is August with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 400 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 Van 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.