Average Sunshine in Turkey for January

The tables below give January averages for the amount of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout 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.

The averages are for the number of hours a day with sun and the total hours of sun in January. The month's data are based on weather measurements made from 1991 to 2020.

Marmara Region

Hours of sunshine in January
Place Day Month
Balikesir 3.0 93
Bursa 2.7 84
Çanakkale 3.0 93
Edirne 2.2 68
İstanbul 3.4 105
İzmit (Kocaeli) 2.5 78
Sakarya (Adapazari) 2.5 78

Aegean Turkey

January sunshine averages (hours)
Place Day Month
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) 2.6 81
Aydin 3.6 112
İzmir 4.5 140
Manisa 2.5 78
Muğla 3.0 93

Mediterranean Turkey

Average January sun
Place Day Month
Adana 4.3 133
Antalya 4.9 152
Hatay (Antakya) 3.4 105
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) 3.3 102
Mersin (İçel) 4.8 149

Black Sea Turkey

Total hours of sun on average
Place Day Month
Bolu 1.7 53
Ordu 2.3 71
Rize 2.0 62
Samsun 2.8 87
Sinop 2.0 62
Trabzon 2.3 71
Zonguldak 2.0 62

Central Anatolia

Average hours of sunshine in January
Place Day Month
Ankara 2.2 68
Eskişehir 3.8 118
Kayseri 2.9 90
Konya 3.4 105
Nevşehir 3.1 96

Eastern Anatoli

January sunshine averages in hours
Place Day Month
Elâzığ 2.9 90
Erzurum 3.5 109
Kars 3.4 105
Van 5.0 155

Southeastern Anatolia

Number of sunny hours on average
Place Day Month
Diyarbakır 4.0 124
Gaziantep 3.6 112
Mardin 4.6 143
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) 3.8 118
Reference

T.C. ÇEVRE, ŞEHİRCİLİK VE İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ BAKANLIĞI. Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Resmi İstatistikler. İllere Ait Mevsim Normalleri (1991-2020).

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