Muş weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · alpine / mountain town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Muş is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with June and May close behind. Muş averages about 2,962 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,962
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 637 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 83k
- Elevation
- 1,266 m
When is the best time to visit Muş?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Muş is September, then June and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 83 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Muş?
Muş gets a lot of sun: around 2,962 hours a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate September (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #26 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 41% of the annual 637 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 83 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 82 mm | 3 |
| March | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 1° / 34°F | 88 mm | 4 |
| April | 47 | 15° / 59°F | 5° / 41°F | 88 mm | 5 |
| May | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 58 mm | 7 |
| June | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 16 mm | 10 |
| July | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| August | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| September | 95 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 11 mm | 7 |
| October | 86 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 55 mm | 4 |
| November | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 63 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 84 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Batman Türkiye · 103 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
- Erzurum Türkiye · 141 km · best in Jul · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 148 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Diyarbakır Türkiye · 159 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Mardin Türkiye · 192 km · best in May · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Elazığ Türkiye · 207 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bingöl Türkiye · 93 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Ağrı Türkiye · 155 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Şırnak Türkiye · 158 km · 3,014 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Muş compares month by month: Muş vs Erzurum · Muş vs Van · Muş vs Batman · all comparisons
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