The tables below give yearly averages for precipitation at cities in Turkey.
The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.
Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of rainfall. In a few locations, the precipitation also includes snowfall.
The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.
Marmara Region
Average yearly precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 108 |
Balikesir |
20.6 |
524 |
| 120 |
Bursa |
28.3 |
719 |
| 87 |
Çanakkale |
24.4 |
620 |
| 112 |
Edirne |
24.6 |
625 |
| 104 |
İstanbul |
25.5 |
648 |
| 152 |
İzmit (Kocaeli) |
33.5 |
850 |
| 140 |
Sakarya (Adapazari) |
34.6 |
879 |
Aegean Turkey
The Aegean region of Turkey is a popular vacation destination. The resort towns of Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye are in the southern Aegean, near Mugla.
Annual rainfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 101 |
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) |
17.8 |
451 |
| 80 |
Aydin |
25.7 |
654 |
| 87 |
İzmir |
28.8 |
731 |
| 83 |
Manisa |
28.5 |
725 |
| 99 |
Muğla |
45.9 |
1165 |
Mediterranean Turkey
Average amount of rain a year
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 72 |
Adana |
26.8 |
681 |
| 84 |
Antalya |
41.7 |
1059 |
| 87 |
Hatay (Antakya) |
44.3 |
1124 |
| 76 |
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) |
29.6 |
751 |
| 79 |
Mersin (İçel) |
24.9 |
633 |
Black Sea Turkey
Average annual precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 132 |
Bolu |
22.6 |
574 |
| 162 |
Ordu |
42.0 |
1066 |
| 184 |
Rize |
90.9 |
2310 |
| 157 |
Samsun |
28.7 |
730 |
| 136 |
Sinop |
28.7 |
728 |
| 121 |
Trabzon |
35.5 |
902 |
| 152 |
Zonguldak |
48.8 |
1239 |
Central Anatolia
Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 127 |
Ankara |
16.3 |
414 |
| – |
Eskişehir |
13.4 |
340 |
| 107 |
Kayseri |
16.1 |
408 |
| 95 |
Konya |
12.8 |
325 |
| 92 |
Nevşehir |
16.5 |
418 |
Eastern Anatolia
Average amount of rain and snow a year
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 78 |
Elâzığ |
15.9 |
404 |
| 133 |
Erzurum |
15.6 |
396 |
| 115 |
Kars |
20.9 |
530 |
| 91 |
Van |
16.1 |
410 |
Southeastern Anatolia
Annual precipitation totals
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 94 |
Diyarbakır |
19.6 |
498 |
| 91 |
Gaziantep |
23.7 |
602 |
| 75 |
Mardin |
24.0 |
610 |
| 77 |
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) |
17.7 |
451 |