Bartın weather in January

In January, Bartın sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Bartın's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bartın's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
9 h 18 min
7:21 AM – 4:39 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Bartın is central district and city in Bartın Province, Turkey.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Bartın reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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295
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Bartın weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 82133.49.31.4
Feb / 6811.73.210.31.5
Mar10° / 70121.411.72.3
Apr14° / 458.70.113.14.1
May18° / 14°436.9014.36.5
Jun23° / 18°5070157.8
Jul25° / 21°456014.78.1
Aug26° / 22°455.9013.78.1
Sep23° / 19°778012.37.6
Oct19° / 15°929.8010.96.3
Nov15° / 10°8010.20.19.74.4
Dec10° / 9012.81.592.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33268
43268
53268
63268
73367
83466
93466
103466
113466
123664
133664
143664
153664
163664
173565
183565
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203565
213367
223367
233367
243367
253466
263565
273466
283466
293565
303565
313565

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Bartın gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 13 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1469
24610
34610
44510
54410
64410
74310
8429
9419
10419
11409
12399
13389
14379
15379
16379
17369
18379
193710
203810
213911
224012
234112
244113
254214
264314
274415
284415
294515
304515
314515

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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31100

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of January to 9 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 7:12 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.07:234:25
29.07:234:25
39.17:234:26
49.17:234:27
59.17:234:28
69.17:234:29
79.17:234:30
89.17:234:31
99.17:234:32
109.27:234:33
119.27:234:34
129.27:224:35
139.27:224:36
149.27:224:37
159.37:214:38
169.37:214:39
179.37:214:40
189.37:204:41
199.47:204:42
209.47:194:43
219.47:194:44
229.57:184:46
239.57:184:47
249.57:174:48
259.57:164:49
269.67:164:50
279.67:154:52
289.67:144:53
299.77:134:54
309.77:124:55
319.77:124:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 1.69 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.5Dim
21.5Dim
31.5Dim
41.5Dim
51.5Dim
61.5Dim
71.5Dim
81.6Dim
91.6Dim
101.6Dim
111.6Dim
121.6Dim
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231.9Dim
241.9Dim
251.9Dim
261.9Dim
271.9Dim
282.0Dim
292.0Moderate
302.0Moderate
312.1Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Bartın?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bartın.

What to pack for Bartın in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Bartın sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Bartın in January

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 13 to Oct 10 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May15Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Refreshing
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Bartın in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bartın peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bartın?

Bartın sits at 41.6°N, 32.3°E, 28 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Çaycuma, 32 km away.

GeredeAlaplı

Topography around Bartın

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bartın.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bartın has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 921 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,992 m.

The land around Bartın is covered by trees (49%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (58%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
233 m
16 km
921 m
80 km
1,992 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Çaycuma 32 km · Zonguldak 50 km · Safranbolu 52 km · Karabük 54 km · Devrek 56 km · Ereğli 86 km · Gerede 94 km · Alaplı 94 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$18,599
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 488
Religion
Muslim 100%other 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bartın (41.6358°, 32.3375°, elevation 28 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).