Kars weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · alpine / mountain town · continental climate
The best time to visit Kars is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with August and July close behind. Kars averages about 2,919 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,919
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 558 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 91k
- Elevation
- 1,793 m
When is the best time to visit Kars?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kars is September, then August and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 35 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kars?
Kars gets a lot of sun: around 2,919 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate September (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 558 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 | -2° / 28°F | -14° / 7°F | 35 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -11° / 12°F | 27 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -5° / 23°F | 38 mm | 5 |
| April | 28 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 61 mm | 5 |
| May | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 79 mm | 7 |
| June | 84 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 68 mm | 9 |
| July | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 53 mm | 9 |
| August | 89 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 42 mm | 9 |
| September | 90 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 33 mm | 7 |
| October | 50 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 34 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -10° / 14°F | 35 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yerevan Armenia · 118 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
- Batumi Georgia · 172 km · best in May · 1,959 h sun/yr
- Erzurum Türkiye · 178 km · best in Jul · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Kutaisi Georgia · 187 km · best in May · 2,029 h sun/yr
- Tbilisi Georgia · 197 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
- Rize Türkiye · 203 km · best in May · 2,004 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gyumri Armenia · 66 km · 2,919 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Iğdır Türkiye · 92 km · 2,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Ağrı Türkiye · 101 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Kars compares month by month: Kars vs Yerevan · Kars vs Tbilisi · Kars vs Erzurum · Kars vs Kutaisi · all comparisons
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