Tarsus weather in February

In February, Tarsus sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 7.8 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Tarsus's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarsus's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 63 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:37 AM – 5:13 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 10th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Tarsus is district and town in Mersin, Turkey.

Density: 157/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

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical February day in Tarsus reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

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

How February really feels in Tarsus

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tarsus weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 5°	89	8.7	9.8	4.1
Feb	15° / 6°	63	7.8	10.6	4.9
Mar	19° / 8°	57	8.2	11.7	6.5
Apr	23° / 12°	38	7.1	12.9	7.4
May	27° / 16°	30	6	13.9	7.2
Jun	31° / 20°	10	2.8	14.5	5.5
Jul	34° / 24°	6	1.3	14.3	4.1
Aug	34° / 24°	6	1.3	13.4	3.7
Sep	32° / 20°	11	2.5	12.3	4.9
Oct	28° / 16°	27	3.5	11	7.2
Nov	21° / 10°	66	5.4	10	7.6
Dec	15° / 6°	117	8.8	9.5	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60	59	60	60	60	60	60	61	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	42	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Tarsus gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 7.8 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 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings 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 (%)	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	28

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 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 4:58 PM to 5:26 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)	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22
Sunset (PM)	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:50	4:58
2	10.2	6:49	4:59
3	10.2	6:48	5:00
4	10.2	6:48	5:01
5	10.3	6:47	5:02
6	10.3	6:46	5:03
7	10.3	6:45	5:04
8	10.4	6:44	5:05
9	10.4	6:43	5:06
10	10.4	6:42	5:08
11	10.5	6:41	5:09
12	10.5	6:40	5:10
13	10.5	6:39	5:11
14	10.6	6:38	5:12
15	10.6	6:37	5:13
16	10.6	6:36	5:14
17	10.7	6:35	5:15
18	10.7	6:34	5:16
19	10.7	6:33	5:17
20	10.8	6:32	5:18
21	10.8	6:30	5:19
22	10.8	6:29	5:20
23	10.9	6:28	5:21
24	10.9	6:27	5:22
25	11.0	6:25	5:23
26	11.0	6:24	5:24
27	11.0	6:23	5:25
28	11.1	6:22	5:26

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.43 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)	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.2	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Tarsus

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Tarsus?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Tarsus for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarsus in February

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

In February, Tarsus sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Tarsus in February

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 33 km away) is warmest in August at about 29°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 3 to Dec 15 — about 7.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	18	17	17	18	21	25	28	29	28	26	23	20
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	18	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	25	Warm
Jul	28	Warm
Aug	29	Tropical
Sep	28	Tropical
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	20	Cool

UV index in Tarsus 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 Tarsus peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

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	4	7	8	9	9	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Tarsus 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 Tarsus is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	19	22	23	22	19	15	18	19	17	16	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tarsus?

Tarsus sits at 36.9°N, 34.9°E, 21 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Mersin, 25 km away.

Topography around Tarsus

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarsus has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,484 m.

The land around Tarsus is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), grassland (26%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (27%), water (24%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

artificial surfaces 60%

16 km

580 m

cropland 35%

80 km

3,484 m

trees 27%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

February weather nearby: Mersin 25 km · Kireçocağı 34 km · Adana 39 km · Erdemli 63 km · İmamoğlu 78 km · Ceyhan 83 km · Ereğli 100 km · Kozan 101 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 Tarsus (36.9177°, 34.8928°, elevation 21 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	14	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	28

	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	14	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	28

	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	14	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	5
5	14	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	15	5
12	15	5
13	15	5
14	15	5
15	15	6
16	15	6
17	15	6
18	15	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	60	40
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	28

	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