Erzurum weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · alpine / mountain city · continental climate
The best time to visit Erzurum is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with August and September close behind. Erzurum averages about 3,170 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 29 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,170
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 562 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 768k
- Elevation
- 1,755 m
When is the best time to visit Erzurum?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Erzurum is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Erzurum?
Erzurum is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,170 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate July (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 562 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 | -1° / 30°F | -12° / 10°F | 44 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -11° / 12°F | 40 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -5° / 23°F | 51 mm | 5 |
| April | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 67 mm | 6 |
| May | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 73 mm | 7 |
| June | 89 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 46 mm | 9 |
| July | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 29 mm | 10 |
| August | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 13° / 55°F | 24 mm | 9 |
| September | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 35 mm | 7 |
| October | 58 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 62 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 47 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 44 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Rize Türkiye · 139 km · best in May · 2,004 h sun/yr
- Muş Türkiye · 141 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Trabzon Türkiye · 164 km · best in Jul · 2,360 h sun/yr
- Kars Türkiye · 178 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Batumi Georgia · 187 km · best in May · 1,959 h sun/yr
- Elazığ Türkiye · 222 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bingöl Türkiye · 132 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Erzincan Türkiye · 143 km · 2,875 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ağrı Türkiye · 162 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Erzurum compares month by month: Erzurum vs Trabzon · Erzurum vs Rize · Erzurum vs Kars · Erzurum vs Muş · all comparisons
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