Giresun weather in February

In February, Giresun sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Giresun's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Giresun's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 98 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:30 AM – 4:52 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

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

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 21.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 396/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month.

A typical February day in Giresun reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Giresun weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 5°	132	15.6	5.4	9.4	1.6
Feb	9° / 5°	98	13.6	5.2	10.4	1.6
Mar	11° / 6°	119	15.8	3.3	11.7	2.4
Apr	14° / 9°	106	14.2	0.2	13.1	3.9
May	18° / 14°	110	13.8	0	14.3	5.5
Jun	22° / 18°	99	12.4	0	14.9	6.5
Jul	25° / 21°	82	12.1	0	14.6	6.8
Aug	25° / 21°	102	13.8	0	13.6	6.4
Sep	23° / 18°	176	14.6	0	12.3	6.1
Oct	19° / 15°	213	16.2	0	10.9	5.4
Nov	15° / 11°	149	12.8	0.5	9.7	4.3
Dec	11° / 7°	131	14.7	2.4	9.1	2.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

	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
Clearer (%)	33	32	32	32	33	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	34	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	36	36	35
Cloudier (%)	67	68	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	66	65	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	64	64	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Giresun gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 49% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring 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
Rain chance (%)	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48
Snow chance (%)	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	23
2	50	22
3	50	22
4	50	22
5	50	21
6	49	21
7	49	21
8	49	21
9	49	21
10	50	21
11	50	21
12	50	21
13	50	21
14	50	21
15	50	20
16	50	20
17	50	20
18	50	20
19	50	19
20	49	18
21	49	18
22	49	17
23	49	16
24	49	16
25	48	15
26	48	15
27	48	14
28	48	14

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February 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
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

	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

Wind in February

Winds average 10 km/h in February, the windiest month of the year.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 4:35 PM to 5:08 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
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:12
Sunset (PM)	4:35	4:36	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:07	5:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	6:45	4:35
2	9.9	6:44	4:36
3	9.9	6:43	4:38
4	9.9	6:42	4:39
5	10.0	6:41	4:40
6	10.0	6:40	4:41
7	10.1	6:39	4:42
8	10.1	6:38	4:44
9	10.1	6:37	4:45
10	10.2	6:36	4:46
11	10.2	6:35	4:47
12	10.3	6:33	4:49
13	10.3	6:32	4:50
14	10.3	6:31	4:51
15	10.4	6:30	4:52
16	10.4	6:29	4:53
17	10.5	6:27	4:55
18	10.5	6:26	4:56
19	10.5	6:25	4:57
20	10.6	6:23	4:58
21	10.6	6:22	5:00
22	10.7	6:21	5:01
23	10.7	6:19	5:02
24	10.8	6:18	5:03
25	10.8	6:16	5:04
26	10.8	6:15	5:05
27	10.9	6:13	5:07
28	10.9	6:12	5:08

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 2.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Giresun?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Giresun.

What to pack for Giresun in February

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

In February, Giresun sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Giresun in February

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 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 10 to Oct 15 — about 4.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	10	8	8	11	16	21	24	25	24	20	16	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	8	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Giresun in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Giresun peaks around June 21 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

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

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

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

Air quality in Giresun in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Giresun is worst in March — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Giresun's WHO annual average of 21.8 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	25	32	31	24	19	20	21	18	19	18	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	31	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Giresun?

Giresun sits at 40.9°N, 38.4°E, 39 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bulancak, 13 km away.

Topography around Giresun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Giresun has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 508 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,205 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,262 m.

The land around Giresun is covered by water (54%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and water (47%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), water (31%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

508 m

water 54%

16 km

1,205 m

trees 51%

80 km

3,262 m

trees 45%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← January Giresun year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Bulancak 13 km · Espiye 27 km · Tirebolu 37 km · Ordu 42 km · Görele 53 km · Gürgentepe 68 km · Şebin Karahisar 70 km · Beşikdüzü 73 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 Giresun (40.917°, 38.3874°, elevation 39 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	23
2	50	22
3	50	22
4	50	22
5	50	21
6	49	21
7	49	21
8	49	21
9	49	21
10	50	21
11	50	21
12	50	21
13	50	21
14	50	21
15	50	20
16	50	20
17	50	20
18	50	20
19	50	19
20	49	18
21	49	18
22	49	17
23	49	16
24	49	16
25	48	15
26	48	15
27	48	14
28	48	14

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	23
2	50	22
3	50	22
4	50	22
5	50	21
6	49	21
7	49	21
8	49	21
9	49	21
10	50	21
11	50	21
12	50	21
13	50	21
14	50	21
15	50	20
16	50	20
17	50	20
18	50	20
19	50	19
20	49	18
21	49	18
22	49	17
23	49	16
24	49	16
25	48	15
26	48	15
27	48	14
28	48	14

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	33	67
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	35	65
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	36	64
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	50	23
2	50	22
3	50	22
4	50	22
5	50	21
6	49	21
7	49	21
8	49	21
9	49	21
10	50	21
11	50	21
12	50	21
13	50	21
14	50	21
15	50	20
16	50	20
17	50	20
18	50	20
19	50	19
20	49	18
21	49	18
22	49	17
23	49	16
24	49	16
25	48	15
26	48	15
27	48	14
28	48	14

	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