Climate and average weather in Havza

In Havza, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Havza typically varies from -2°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -9°C or above 32°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Havza for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
-2°
Wettest
May
77 mm
Driest
Aug
20 mm
Rain / yr
653 mm
111 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
632 m
41.0°N
Clearest
Aug
33% cloud

Havza is district and town of Samsun, Turkey.

Density
28/km²
people per km²

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

Havza 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 May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Havza, 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 2 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 22°C. The hottest month of the year in Havza is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 29 to March 1, with daily high temperatures below 10°C. The coldest month of the year in Havza is January, with an average low of -2°C and high of 6°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan6-2
Feb7-1
Mar112
Apr165
May209
Jun2413
Jul2615
Aug2715
Sep2412
Oct198
Nov123
Dec70

How hot and cold Havza 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 coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -5°C (around January 28), with roughly 121 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan56-5-2
Feb77-4-1
Mar1111-12
Apr161645
May202099
Jun24241313
Jul27261515
Aug27271515
Sep24241212
Oct191988
Nov121213
Dec77-30

Average hourly temperature in Havza

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 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -2°C.

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

Havza weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5810.47.79.40.2
Feb / -1°559.76.710.41.1
Mar11° / 7412.86.211.72.6
Apr16° / 7312.51.413.14.7
May20° / 7712.7014.36.1
Jun24° / 13°5910.3014.97.1
Jul26° / 15°265014.67.8
Aug27° / 15°204.9013.67.7
Sep24° / 12°377.3012.37.6
Oct19° / 5180.110.96.3
Nov12° / 577.21.99.73.6
Dec / -0°67105.39.11.0

Chance of rain

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

Havza gets about 653 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.6 months, from around Dec 4 to Jun 22, peaking in March at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 2.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 77 mm over about 13 wet days; August is the driest, with 20 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMar 14 · 43%Aug 2 · 12%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb3510
Mar4213
Apr4213
May4013
Jun3410
Jul175
Aug165
Sep247
Oct258
Nov257
Dec3210

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Havza collects about 653 mm of rain across 111 wet days — roughly 54 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 77 mm, while August is the driest at just 20 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 34% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec585574737759262037515767
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan58108
Feb55107
Mar74136
Apr73131
May77130
Jun59100
Jul2650
Aug2050
Sep3770
Oct5180
Nov5772
Dec67105

Snow in Havza

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Havza averages about 29 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 30 to Apr 25 — about 5.9 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 31 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 166 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan831
Feb744
Mar633
Apr16
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov213
Dec538

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Havza, 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 15 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 10. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 11 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 14. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 68% 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 7 · 88%Mar 12 · 30%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3565
Feb3367
Mar3268
Apr4258
May5347
Jun6733
Jul8218
Aug8416
Sep7030
Oct5149
Nov4951
Dec3961

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 9, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.47:064:27
Feb10.46:415:03
Mar11.75:575:37
Apr13.15:056:10
May14.34:256:42
Jun14.94:107:05
Jul14.64:237:03
Aug13.64:526:31
Sep12.35:245:40
Oct10.95:564:49
Nov9.76:334:13
Dec9.17:014:06

Sunny days

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

Havza averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Jun 7 to Oct 12. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is March, down near 6 sunny days — about 69% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1020 daysMar 135 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar6Gloomy
Apr8Gloomy
May10Mixed
Jun13Mixed
Jul19Bright
Aug19Bright
Sep14Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec8Gloomy

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

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around June 9 to September 11. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 39% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 12 to June 8, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 1 · 100%Aug 4 · 52%humiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May861310
Jun4145131
Jul1649305
Aug1843363
Sep583480
Oct92800
Nov100000
Dec100000

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.

Wind in Havza is steady company: average speeds sit near 7 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeFeb 3 · 8 km/hMay 27 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Havza

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Havza 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 time of year to visit Havza for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 27 · 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
Jan0.2poor
Feb1.1poor
Mar2.6poor
Apr4.6fair
May6.1good
Jun7.1good
Jul7.8ideal
Aug7.7ideal
Sep7.6ideal
Oct6.3good
Nov3.6fair
Dec1.0poor

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 Havza for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the first week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 5 · 8.2

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 Havza, 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 27°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 6°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Havza sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Havza 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 Havza peaks around August 10 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateLowAug 10UV 9Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Havza

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 8 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
Feb00
Mar30
Apr6.52
May7.53.5
Jun85
Jul8.55.5
Aug85
Sep6.53
Oct40
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Havza 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 Havza is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2017 µg/m³Sep 1110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun11Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Havza typically lasts about 288 days, from around February 27 to December 11 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 11 to November 3.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2750%Apr 1190%Nov 390%Dec 1150%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3331
Feb4028
Mar6531
Apr9212
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct990
Nov7829
Dec4831

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. Havza banks about 1,439 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr21
May144
Jun245
Jul330
Aug347
Sep239
Oct112
Nov0
Dec0

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.

Havza receives about 4.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.7 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 23 to Sep 21. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.7 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the July peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 16.6 kWhDec 181.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.0Dim
Feb2.8Moderate
Mar3.9Moderate
Apr5.1Bright
May5.9Bright
Jun6.4Intense
Jul6.5Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.4Bright
Oct3.0Moderate
Nov2.2Moderate
Dec1.7Dim

Where is Havza?

Havza sits at 41.0°N, 35.7°E, 632 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Suluova, 16 km away.

Topography around Havza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Havza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m around an average of 700 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,226 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,047 m.

The land around Havza is covered by cropland (66%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (39%), grassland (31%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
248 m
16 km
1,226 m
80 km
2,047 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Suluova 16 km · Merzifon 20 km · Vezirköprü 26 km · Amasya 38 km · Taşova 60 km · Samsun 66 km · Bafra 69 km · Osmancık 72 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 Havza (40.9706°, 35.6622°, elevation 632 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).