Climate and average weather in Ceyhan

In Ceyhan, the summers are muggy, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late March to early June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ceyhan typically varies from 6°C to 34°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 37°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 Ceyhan for warm-weather activities are from late March to early June and early October to late November.

Hottest
Aug
34°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
137 mm
Driest
Aug
10 mm
Rain / yr
934 mm
91 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
30 m
37.0°N
Clearest
Jul
18% cloud

Ceyhan is town and district in Adana Province, Turkey.

Density
67/km²
people per km²

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

Ceyhan 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 late March to early June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from June 5 to October 9, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in Ceyhan is August, with an average high of 34°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 1 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 18°C. The coldest month of the year in Ceyhan is January, with an average low of 6°C and high of 14°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in October.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan146
Feb157
Mar199
Apr2213
May2717
Jun3121
Jul3324
Aug3425
Sep3221
Oct2817
Nov2111
Dec157

How hot and cold Ceyhan 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, Ceyhan feels like about 40°C (around August 10). About 101 days a year carry some heat stress, and 29 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan141446
Feb151557
Mar191999
Apr22221313
May27271717
Jun32312121
Jul38332424
Aug39342525
Sep34322121
Oct28281717
Nov21211111
Dec151567

Average hourly temperature in Ceyhan

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 34°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

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

Ceyhan 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° / 12710.69.74.1
Feb15° / 11010.410.64.7
Mar19° / 11311.211.76.0
Apr22° / 13°871012.96.9
May27° / 17°768.4147.0
Jun31° / 21°325.214.55.6
Jul33° / 24°132.114.34.3
Aug34° / 25°102.713.43.7
Sep32° / 21°536.212.34.8
Oct28° / 17°817116.8
Nov21° / 11°957.1107.3
Dec15° / 13710.59.54.8

Chance of rain

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

Ceyhan gets about 934 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 5.8 months, from around Nov 22 to May 16, peaking in February at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 29.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 137 mm over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 10 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 22 · 39%Jul 29 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3311
Feb3710
Mar3711
Apr3410
May268
Jun175
Jul82
Aug93
Sep206
Oct237
Nov247
Dec3411

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ceyhan collects about 934 mm of rain across 91 wet days — roughly 78 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 137 mm, while August is the driest at just 10 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150175JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1271101138776321310538195137
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan12711
Feb11010
Mar11311
Apr8710
May768
Jun325
Jul132
Aug103
Sep536
Oct817
Nov957
Dec13711

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ceyhan, 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 16 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around November 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 2 and lasts for 6.4 months, ending around May 15. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 45% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 31 · 99%Jan 1 · 52%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5545
Feb5743
Mar6040
Apr6337
May7525
Jun928
Jul973
Aug982
Sep955
Oct8119
Nov6832
Dec5545

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 8, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan9.76:544:38
Feb10.66:345:09
Mar11.75:555:38
Apr12.95:096:05
May14.04:346:32
Jun14.54:216:53
Jul14.34:336:52
Aug13.44:586:24
Sep12.35:245:38
Oct11.05:514:53
Nov10.06:224:21
Dec9.56:494:17

Sunny days

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

Ceyhan averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around May 24 to Oct 19. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is April, down near 12 sunny days — about 52% fewer than the September peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 328 daysApr 1112 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar13Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May17Bright
Jun23Brilliant
Jul27Brilliant
Aug27Brilliant
Sep26Brilliant
Oct20Bright
Nov17Bright
Dec14Mixed

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 Ceyhan, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around May 7 to October 16. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 97% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 17 to May 6, 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 5 · 100%Aug 8 · 2%miserablemuggyoppressivecomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb9910000
Mar9280000
Apr523810000
May828441910
Jun341846271
Jul212146417
Aug123125923
Sep871435323
Oct3921241520
Nov85132000
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 Ceyhan is typically calm, near 7 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around Jun 3 to Sep 8. The windiest month is July, averaging about 9 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 9 to Jan 15, with October the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 29 · 9 km/hOct 13 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May7calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug9calm
Sep7calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Ceyhan

In seasonPeak

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

Ceyhan's rainy season runs October–May, 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 Ceyhan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Ceyhan is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 Ceyhan for general outdoor tourist activities run from late March to early June and again from early October to late November, with a peak score in the first week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 5 · 7.8

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
Feb4.7fair
Mar6.0good
Apr6.8good
May7.0good
Jun5.6good
Jul4.3fair
Aug3.7fair
Sep4.8fair
Oct6.8good
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 Ceyhan for hot-weather activities is from early May to early November, with a peak score in the first week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 6 · 8.1

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 Ceyhan, 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 34°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, Ceyhan sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Ceyhan

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 1 to Dec 11 — about 7.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May22Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul28Tropical
Aug29Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index (midday) in Ceyhan 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 Ceyhan peaks around July 12 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Ceyhan

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 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
Feb20
Mar40
Apr6.53
May7.54
Jun85.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.55
Sep73.5
Oct4.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Ceyhan 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 Ceyhan is worst in March — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2424 µg/m³Jul 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Ceyhan is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan943
Feb964
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec980

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

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. Ceyhan banks about 3,514 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)
Jan0
Feb27
Mar123
Apr229
May368
Jun475
Jul585
Aug607
Sep502
Oct378
Nov180
Dec41

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.

Ceyhan receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.1 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 21 to Sep 28. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.2 kWh/m² — roughly 69% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 297.3 kWhDec 242.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.5Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.7Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May6.7Intense
Jun7.2Intense
Jul7.1Intense
Aug6.5Intense
Sep5.5Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov2.9Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Ceyhan?

Ceyhan sits at 37.0°N, 35.8°E, 30 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is İmamoğlu, 30 km away.

Topography around Ceyhan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ceyhan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,204 m.

The land around Ceyhan is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, cropland (77%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
526 m
80 km
2,204 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: İmamoğlu 30 km · Erzin 35 km · Osmaniye 39 km · Dörtyol 42 km · Adana 44 km · Kadirli 46 km · Kozan 48 km · Kireçocağı 52 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 Ceyhan (37.0247°, 35.8175°, elevation 30 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).