Ankara weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · major city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Ankara is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and September close behind. Ankara averages about 2,649 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,649
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 420 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 3.7M
- Elevation
- 948 m
When is the best time to visit Ankara?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ankara is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ankara?
Ankara gets a lot of sun: around 2,649 hours a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate July (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #37 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 420 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -5° / 23°F | 50 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 36 mm | 2 |
| March | 22 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 42 mm | 4 |
| April | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 39 mm | 5 |
| May | 85 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 51 mm | 6 |
| June | 86 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 44 mm | 8 |
| July | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| August | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 14 mm | 8 |
| September | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 19 mm | 6 |
| October | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 33 mm | 4 |
| November | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 32 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 47 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Nevşehir Türkiye · 201 km · best in Jul · 3,037 h sun/yr
- Konya Türkiye · 242 km · best in Jul · 3,034 h sun/yr
- Kayseri Türkiye · 262 km · best in Jul · 3,050 h sun/yr
- Samsun Türkiye · 326 km · best in Aug · 2,195 h sun/yr
- Sivas Türkiye · 335 km · best in Aug · 2,947 h sun/yr
- Istanbul Türkiye · 381 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Zonguldak Türkiye · 171 km · 2,382 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Eskişehir Türkiye · 214 km · 2,742 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Amasya Türkiye · 227 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Ankara compares month by month: Ankara vs Kayseri · Ankara vs Konya · Ankara vs Nevşehir · all comparisons
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