Karaçoban weather in January

In January, Karaçoban sees average daytime highs of -1°C and overnight lows near -11°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Karaçoban's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karaçoban's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-1°
12th warmest
Overnight low
-11°
1st coldest
Precipitation
54 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
9 h 30 min
6:35 AM – 4:06 PM
Cloud cover
57%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Karaçoban is district and town of Erzurum, Turkey.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near -1°C through the month.

A typical January day in Karaçoban reaches about -1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Karaçoban

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Karaçoban weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -11°548.69.69.50.0
Feb / -9°569.49.410.50.0
Mar / -4°7911.99.511.70.5
Apr12° / 10115.44132.9
May18° / 8715.80.114.15.2
Jun24° / 10°297.2014.77.8
Jul29° / 14°113.2014.57.1
Aug30° / 14°61.8013.56.9
Sep25° / 10°142.7012.38.6
Oct17° / 446.90.2116.2
Nov / -2°506.93.89.81.6
Dec / -8°568.48.69.30.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44654
54654
64654
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84654
94753
104753
114852
124951
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234654
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Karaçoban gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13132
23032
33032
42932
52931
62831
72730
82630
92629
102528
112427
122327
132326
142225
152225
162225
172225
182326
192427
202428
212629
222730
232831
242932
253033
263134
273134
283235
293335
303336
313336

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.

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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 18 min at the start of January to 9 h 54 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 6:37 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 3:53 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.36:373:53
29.36:373:54
39.36:373:54
49.36:373:55
59.36:373:56
69.36:373:57
79.36:373:58
89.46:373:59
99.46:374:00
109.46:374:00
119.46:374:01
129.46:364:02
139.56:364:03
149.56:364:04
159.56:364:05
169.56:354:06
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189.66:354:08
199.66:344:09
209.66:344:11
219.66:334:12
229.76:334:13
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259.76:314:16
269.86:314:17
279.86:304:18
289.86:294:19
299.96:294:20
309.96:284:22
319.96:274:23

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 2.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 2.58 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.4Moderate
72.4Moderate
82.4Moderate
92.4Moderate
102.5Moderate
112.5Moderate
122.5Moderate
132.5Moderate
142.6Moderate
152.6Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
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192.7Moderate
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242.8Moderate
252.8Moderate
262.8Moderate
272.9Moderate
282.9Moderate
292.9Moderate
303.0Moderate
313.0Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Karaçoban

In seasonPeak

In January, Karaçoban sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Karaçoban?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Karaçoban.

What to pack for Karaçoban in January

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

In January, Karaçoban sees daytime highs around -1°C and nights near -11°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Karaçoban 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 Karaçoban peaks around August 12 at about 11 (extreme) — 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 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateAug 12UV 11Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Karaçoban 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 Karaçoban is worst in May — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1025 µg/m³Dec 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Karaçoban?

Karaçoban sits at 39.3°N, 42.1°E, 1,522 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bulanık, 32 km away.

Topography around Karaçoban

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karaçoban has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 1,568 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,316 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,792 m.

The land around Karaçoban is covered by cropland (56%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
201 m
16 km
1,316 m
80 km
2,792 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Bulanık 32 km · Hınıs 35 km · Malazgirt 43 km · Varto 59 km · Patnos 67 km · Ahlat 74 km · Horasan 77 km · Pasinler 80 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 Karaçoban (39.3436°, 42.0992°, elevation 1,522 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).