Climate and average weather in Bozyazı

In Bozyazı, the summers are humid, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and mostly clear.

Best: early April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bozyazı typically varies from 9°C to 32°C, and is rarely below 5°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bozyazı for warm-weather activities are from early April to late June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
32°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
149 mm
Driest
Aug
1 mm
Rain / yr
605 mm
63 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
7 m
36.1°N
Clearest
Jul
5% cloud

Bozyazı is district of Mersin, south-central Turkey.

Density
44/km²
people per km²
Founded
1987

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

Bozyazı weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bozyazı, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from June 8 to October 4, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Bozyazı is August, with an average high of 32°C and low of 26°C.

The cool season lasts 3.6 months, from December 4 to March 21, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Bozyazı is January, with an average low of 9°C and high of 14°C.

Days typically run about 6°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan149
Feb149
Mar1711
Apr2014
May2518
Jun2922
Jul3125
Aug3226
Sep2923
Oct2620
Nov2015
Dec1611

How hot and cold Bozyazı really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Bozyazı feels like about 35°C (around August 9). About 59 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in August.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan141479
Feb141489
Mar17171111
Apr20201414
May24251818
Jun29292222
Jul33312525
Aug34322626
Sep30292323
Oct26261920
Nov20201515
Dec16161111

Average hourly temperature in Bozyazı

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 32°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bozyazı weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 12911.49.84.0
Feb14° / 859.410.64.4
Mar17° / 11°587.711.76.0
Apr20° / 14°315.312.97.4
May25° / 18°213.513.98.5
Jun29° / 22°4114.47.7
Jul31° / 25°10.414.25.9
Aug32° / 26°10.313.45.7
Sep29° / 23°71.412.27.1
Oct26° / 20°354.411.18.2
Nov20° / 15°856.710.17.2
Dec16° / 11°14911.19.64.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bozyazı gets about 605 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.9 months, from around Oct 21 to Apr 18, peaking in December at about 37% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 6.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 149 mm over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 1 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 13 · 37%Jul 6 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3511
Feb349
Mar258
Apr185
May114
Jun41
Jul10
Aug10
Sep41
Oct144
Nov237
Dec3611

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bozyazı collects about 605 mm of rain across 63 wet days — roughly 50 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 149 mm, while August is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 60% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1298558312141173585149
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan12911
Feb859
Mar588
Apr315
May214
Jun41
Jul10
Aug10
Sep71
Oct354
Nov857
Dec14911

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bozyazı, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 6 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 24. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 25 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 5. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 41% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 2 · 100%Jan 2 · 57%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5941
Feb6337
Mar7228
Apr7723
May8713
Jun982
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep982
Oct8614
Nov7228
Dec6040

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 19, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:044:51
Feb10.66:445:22
Mar11.76:065:49
Apr12.95:216:16
May13.94:476:42
Jun14.44:357:02
Jul14.24:477:01
Aug13.45:116:34
Sep12.25:365:49
Oct11.16:015:05
Nov10.16:324:35
Dec9.66:584:31

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bozyazı averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around May 13 to Oct 19. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 13 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1330 daysDec 3012 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb13Mixed
Mar17Bright
Apr18Bright
May23Bright
Jun29Brilliant
Jul31Brilliant
Aug31Brilliant
Sep29Brilliant
Oct23Bright
Nov17Bright
Dec13Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bozyazı, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around May 25 to October 11. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 12 to May 24, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 10 · 100%Aug 9 · 5%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr86141000
May374319100
Jun725402630
Jul182341252
Aug162036343
Sep1117333270
Oct433023400
Nov84152000
Dec9820000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Bozyazı is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Dec 5 to Apr 12. The windiest month is January, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 31 to Dec 4, with October the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeJan 25 · 12 km/hOct 16 · 9 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun12calm
Jul12light breeze
Aug12calm
Sep11calm
Oct9calm
Nov10calm
Dec12calm

Hazard calendar for Bozyazı

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Bozyazı's rainy season runs November–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Bozyazı

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bozyazı throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid April, Bozyazı is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bozyazı for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late June and again from mid September to late November, with a peak score in the last week of May.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationMay 26 · 8.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.1fair
Feb4.4fair
Mar6.0good
Apr7.4good
May8.5ideal
Jun7.7ideal
Jul6.0good
Aug5.7good
Sep7.1good
Oct8.2ideal
Nov7.2good
Dec4.9fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bozyazı for hot-weather activities is from mid May to late October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 21 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bozyazı, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 32°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 14°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Bozyazı sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Bozyazı

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 9 to Dec 14 — about 7.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug29Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index (midday) in Bozyazı by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bozyazı peaks around August 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateAug 12UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Bozyazı

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar40
Apr73.5
May84.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul85
Aug7.55
Sep74
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Bozyazı by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bozyazı is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJul 1617 µg/m³Dec 1711 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bozyazı is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bozyazı banks about 3,607 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan43
Feb51
Mar124
Apr215
May350
Jun464
Jul571
Aug583
Sep490
Oct392
Nov226
Dec100

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bozyazı receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 7.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 27. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.4 kWh/m² — roughly 69% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 277.8 kWhDec 212.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar5.1Bright
Apr6.3Intense
May7.1Intense
Jun7.7Intense
Jul7.7Intense
Aug6.9Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.3Bright
Nov3.1Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Bozyazı?

Bozyazı sits at 36.1°N, 33.0°E, 7 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Anamur, 12 km away.

Topography around Bozyazı

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bozyazı has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 466 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,630 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,312 m.

The land around Bozyazı is covered by water (31%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, water (40%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and water (47%), trees (25%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
466 m
16 km
1,630 m
80 km
2,312 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Anamur 12 km · Ermenek 60 km · Gazipaşa 60 km · Mut 73 km · Taşucu 86 km · Mahmutlar 89 km · Kestel 90 km · Kyrenia 92 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 Bozyazı (36.1082°, 32.9611°, elevation 7 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. 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).