Rize weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · beach resort · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Rize is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with July and June close behind. Rize averages about 2,004 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 67 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,004
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 1,183 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈16 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 279k
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Rize?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rize is May, then July and June. The dullest month is January (12/100, 114 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rize?
Rize gets a moderate 2,004 hours of sunshine a year. 66 Sunshine Score points separate May (78) from January (12), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #49 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 1,183 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 | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 114 mm | 1 | 13° / 55°F |
| February | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 4° / 39°F | 82 mm | 2 | 12° / 54°F |
| March | 37 | 14° / 57°F | 7° / 45°F | 94 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| April | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 11° / 52°F | 74 mm | 5 | 15° / 59°F |
| May | 78 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 67 mm | 6 | 18° / 64°F |
| June | 77 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 74 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 78 | 29° / 84°F | 23° / 73°F | 66 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 76 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 79 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 126 mm | 5 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 63 | 23° / 73°F | 16° / 61°F | 149 mm | 3 | 23° / 73°F |
| November | 49 | 17° / 63°F | 11° / 52°F | 135 mm | 2 | 18° / 64°F |
| December | 23 | 12° / 54°F | 6° / 43°F | 123 mm | 1 | 14° / 57°F |
Sea temperature in Rize by month
The sea off Rize is warmest in August at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 12°C / 54°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 5 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Batumi Georgia · 79 km · best in May · 1,959 h sun/yr
- Trabzon Türkiye · 91 km · best in Jul · 2,360 h sun/yr
- Erzurum Türkiye · 139 km · best in Jul · 3,170 h sun/yr
- Kutaisi Georgia · 175 km · best in May · 2,029 h sun/yr
- Kars Türkiye · 203 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Ordu Türkiye · 233 km · best in Aug · 2,269 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sukhumi Georgia · 188 km · 2,178 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Erzincan Türkiye · 198 km · 2,875 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Rize compares month by month: Rize vs Erzurum · Rize vs Trabzon · Rize vs Kutaisi · Rize vs Batumi · all comparisons
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