Climate
Mersin has a typical Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa) with hot and dry summers and warm and wet winters. Mersin has its highest rainfall in winter; mainly December and January which gives Mersin its healthy, nurtured coastline. The driest months are summer with hardly any rainfall at all.
| Climate data for Mersin | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) |
24.0 (75.2) |
29.8 (85.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
35.8 (96.4) |
35.0 (95.0) |
36.6 (97.9) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
38.5 (101.3) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
30.0 (86.0) |
26.9 (80.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
23.36 (74.04) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.3 (57.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.2 (77.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.4 (83.1) |
25.8 (78.4) |
21.5 (70.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.51 (68.91) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 9.6 (49.3) |
8.2 (46.8) |
9.7 (49.5) |
14.4 (57.9) |
17.2 (63.0) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.4 (75.9) |
24.6 (76.3) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.1 (48.4) |
15.73 (60.31) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
9.8 (49.6) |
10 (50) |
15.3 (59.5) |
18.1 (64.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.9 (62.4) |
9.0 (48.2) |
8.8 (47.8) |
5.4 (41.7) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 108.1 (4.256) |
98.0 (3.858) |
61.9 (2.437) |
49.2 (1.937) |
22.7 (0.894) |
20.2 (0.795) |
21.9 (0.862) |
12.9 (0.508) |
12.6 (0.496) |
40.3 (1.587) |
80.6 (3.173) |
132.8 (5.228) |
661.2 (26.031) |
| Avg. rainy days | 9.1 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 10.3 | 67.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 158.1 | 159.6 | 210.8 | 228 | 272.8 | 303 | 316.2 | 310 | 282 | 241.8 | 177 | 151.9 | 2,811.2 |
| Source: Devlet Meteoroloji İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü | |||||||||||||
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