Birecik weather in January

In January, Birecik sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 9.1 wet days and about 9.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Birecik's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birecik's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 10°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 42 min; 6:46 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Birecik is district and town of Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

Density: 56/km²; people per km²

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

← December Birecik year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month.

A typical January day in Birecik reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	11	3
5	11	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	11	2
30	11	2
31	11	2

How January really feels in Birecik

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 27 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Birecik weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 2°	59	9.1	0.9	9.7	2.6
Feb	13° / 3°	48	7.9	0.9	10.6	3.6
Mar	17° / 6°	41	7	0	11.7	6.1
Apr	23° / 11°	26	5.3	0	12.9	7.8
May	30° / 16°	17	3	0	14	6.2
Jun	36° / 21°	2	0.6	0	14.5	2.7
Jul	40° / 25°	0	0.1	0	14.3	0.3
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0.1	0	13.4	0.5
Sep	35° / 20°	2	0.5	0	12.3	3.7
Oct	28° / 14°	20	3.1	0	11	7.3
Nov	18° / 7°	36	5.1	0	10	6.8
Dec	12° / 4°	59	8.6	0.3	9.5	3.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	48	49	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53
Cloudier (%)	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	52	51	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Birecik gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 9.1 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Snow chance (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	1
2	30	1
3	30	2
4	29	2
5	29	2
6	29	2
7	28	2
8	28	2
9	27	2
10	26	2
11	26	2
12	25	2
13	25	2
14	25	3
15	24	3
16	25	3
17	25	3
18	25	3
19	26	3
20	27	3
21	27	3
22	28	3
23	29	3
24	29	3
25	30	4
26	30	4
27	30	4
28	30	4
29	30	4
30	30	4
31	30	4

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of January to 10 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39
Sunset (PM)	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:21	4:22	4:23	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	6:46	4:16
2	9.5	6:46	4:17
3	9.5	6:47	4:18
4	9.5	6:47	4:18
5	9.5	6:47	4:19
6	9.6	6:47	4:20
7	9.6	6:47	4:21
8	9.6	6:47	4:22
9	9.6	6:47	4:23
10	9.6	6:47	4:23
11	9.6	6:47	4:24
12	9.6	6:47	4:25
13	9.7	6:46	4:26
14	9.7	6:46	4:27
15	9.7	6:46	4:28
16	9.7	6:46	4:29
17	9.7	6:46	4:30
18	9.8	6:45	4:31
19	9.8	6:45	4:32
20	9.8	6:45	4:33
21	9.8	6:44	4:34
22	9.9	6:44	4:35
23	9.9	6:43	4:36
24	9.9	6:43	4:37
25	9.9	6:42	4:38
26	10.0	6:42	4:39
27	10.0	6:41	4:40
28	10.0	6:40	4:41
29	10.0	6:40	4:42
30	10.1	6:39	4:43
31	10.1	6:39	4:44

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.2	Moderate
6	2.2	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.4	Moderate
13	2.4	Moderate
14	2.4	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.6	Moderate
22	2.6	Moderate
23	2.6	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.7	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.8	Moderate
30	2.8	Moderate
31	2.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Birecik?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Birecik.

What to pack for Birecik in January

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

In January, Birecik sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Birecik 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 Birecik peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	7	8	10	9	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Birecik in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Birecik is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	24	28	34	31	29	24	18	20	24	25	24	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	29	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Birecik?

Birecik sits at 37.0°N, 38.0°E, 351 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Nizip, 16 km away.

Topography around Birecik

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birecik has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 384 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,199 m.

The land around Birecik is covered by grassland (37%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (57%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

grassland 37%

16 km

509 m

cropland 47%

80 km

1,199 m

cropland 57%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Birecik year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Nizip 16 km · Jarābulus 23 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 37 km · Suruç 40 km · Gaziantep 53 km · Manbij 55 km · Bozova 61 km · Urfa 74 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

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 Birecik (37.0258°, 37.9784°, elevation 351 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	11	3
5	11	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	11	2
30	11	2
31	11	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	1
2	30	1
3	30	2
4	29	2
5	29	2
6	29	2
7	28	2
8	28	2
9	27	2
10	26	2
11	26	2
12	25	2
13	25	2
14	25	3
15	24	3
16	25	3
17	25	3
18	25	3
19	26	3
20	27	3
21	27	3
22	28	3
23	29	3
24	29	3
25	30	4
26	30	4
27	30	4
28	30	4
29	30	4
30	30	4
31	30	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	11	3
5	11	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	11	2
30	11	2
31	11	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	1
2	30	1
3	30	2
4	29	2
5	29	2
6	29	2
7	28	2
8	28	2
9	27	2
10	26	2
11	26	2
12	25	2
13	25	2
14	25	3
15	24	3
16	25	3
17	25	3
18	25	3
19	26	3
20	27	3
21	27	3
22	28	3
23	29	3
24	29	3
25	30	4
26	30	4
27	30	4
28	30	4
29	30	4
30	30	4
31	30	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	3
2	11	3
3	11	3
4	11	3
5	11	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	2
10	10	2
11	10	2
12	10	2
13	10	2
14	10	2
15	10	2
16	10	2
17	10	2
18	10	2
19	10	2
20	10	2
21	10	2
22	10	2
23	10	2
24	10	2
25	10	2
26	10	2
27	10	2
28	10	2
29	11	2
30	11	2
31	11	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	47	53
10	48	52
11	49	51
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	52	48
21	52	48
22	52	48
23	51	49
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	30	1
2	30	1
3	30	2
4	29	2
5	29	2
6	29	2
7	28	2
8	28	2
9	27	2
10	26	2
11	26	2
12	25	2
13	25	2
14	25	3
15	24	3
16	25	3
17	25	3
18	25	3
19	26	3
20	27	3
21	27	3
22	28	3
23	29	3
24	29	3
25	30	4
26	30	4
27	30	4
28	30	4
29	30	4
30	30	4
31	30	4

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100