Climate
İzmir has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) which is characterized by long, hot and dry summers; and mild to cool, rainy winters. The total precipitation for İzmir averages 686 millimetres (27 in) per year; however, 77% of that falls during November through March. The rest of the precipitation falls during April through May and September through October. There is very little rainfall during the months of June, July and August.
The average maximum temperatures during the winter months vary between the low-to-mid 10 °C (50 °F). Although it is rare, snow can fall in İzmir in December, January and February staying for a period of hours rather than a whole day or more. During summer, the air temperature can climb as high as 40 °C (104 °F) from June to September, however the average maximum temperatures ranges between the low-to-mid 30 °C (86 °F).
| Climate data for İzmir | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
23.8 (74.8) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.2 (90.0) |
37.5 (99.5) |
41.3 (106.3) |
42.6 (108.7) |
43.0 (109.4) |
40.1 (104.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
29.0 (84.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
43 (109.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) |
13.4 (56.1) |
16.5 (61.7) |
20.9 (69.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
31.0 (87.8) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
22.65 (72.77) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.9 (48.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
20.9 (69.6) |
25.8 (78.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
10.3 (50.5) |
17.91 (64.23) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 5.9 (42.6) |
6.2 (43.2) |
8.0 (46.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
22.9 (73.2) |
22.7 (72.9) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
13.72 (56.69) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −4 (25) |
−5 (23) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
0.6 (33.1) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
10.0 (50.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−5 (23) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 131.2 (5.165) |
98.8 (3.89) |
76.7 (3.02) |
44.1 (1.736) |
31.8 (1.252) |
7.9 (0.311) |
2.1 (0.083) |
2.2 (0.087) |
10.7 (0.421) |
37.9 (1.492) |
92.1 (3.626) |
150.8 (5.937) |
686.3 (27.02) |
| % humidity | 68 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 55 | 48 | 42 | 47 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 70 | 57.8 |
| Avg. rainy days | 12.7 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 79.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 133.3 | 141.3 | 195.3 | 219.0 | 294.5 | 342.0 | 375.1 | 353.4 | 300.0 | 226.3 | 159.0 | 124.0 | 2,863.2 |
| Source #1: Turkish Meteorological Service, World Meteorological Organization (precipitation data) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: BBC Weather (humidity values) | |||||||||||||
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