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Ankara in January

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Ankara is chilly: highs near 46°F, lows near 27°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Ankara is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -3°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
46°F8°Caverage
Low
27°F-3°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
9h 41mon average

Is January a good time to visit Ankara?

January sits outside Ankara's best months, which run from September to October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 46°F in January, against 46°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in January, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in January, against 10% to 39% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in January, against 10% to 61% through the year.

Daylight

9h 41m in January, against 9h 23m to 14h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December50°10°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January46°8°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February48°9°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Ankara sits, in January

Europe/Istanbul
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
8:08 AMsets 5:46 PM
Above the sea
870 mupland
Latitude
39.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cappadocia (Göreme)222 km south-east

The land around Ankara, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Turkey in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Ankara

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ankara. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (870 m) against the climate model's (1,100 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.