Ünye weather in January

In January, Ünye sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 94 mm of precipitation across 13.6 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ünye's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ünye's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 94 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:00 AM – 4:20 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 12th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 1.74 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Ünye is ilçe (district), administrative county of Ordu, northern Turkey.

Density: 136/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical January day in Ünye reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	7
2	10	7
3	10	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	6
13	9	6
14	9	6
15	9	6
16	9	6
17	9	6
18	9	6
19	9	6
20	9	6
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6
29	8	6
30	8	6
31	8	6

Ünye weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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° / 6°	94	13.6	2.4	9.4	1.6
Feb	9° / 6°	71	12.1	2.9	10.4	1.5
Mar	10° / 7°	84	13.6	0.9	11.7	1.9
Apr	12° / 10°	59	9.6	0.2	13.1	3.4
May	17° / 14°	44	8.3	0	14.3	5.8
Jun	22° / 19°	44	7.4	0	14.9	7.4
Jul	25° / 22°	46	8	0	14.7	7.7
Aug	25° / 23°	49	8.9	0	13.6	7.6
Sep	23° / 20°	73	10	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	19° / 16°	96	11.7	0	10.9	6.0
Nov	15° / 12°	94	10.9	0	9.7	4.3
Dec	11° / 8°	99	13.5	1	9.1	2.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	37	37	36	37	37	37	36	37	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36
Cloudier (%)	63	63	64	63	63	63	64	63	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Ünye gets around 94 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 2 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44
Snow chance (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	42	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	6
8	42	5
9	43	5
10	43	5
11	43	5
12	43	5
13	43	4
14	43	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	43	5
18	43	5
19	43	6
20	44	7
21	44	7
22	44	8
23	45	9
24	45	10
25	45	11
26	45	11
27	45	12
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	13
31	44	13

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.

	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	29	30	31
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	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in January

Winds average 14 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of January to 9 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 4:07 PM to 4:38 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.1	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:51
Sunset (PM)	4:07	4:07	4:08	4:09	4:10	4:11	4:12	4:12	4:13	4:14	4:15	4:16	4:17	4:18	4:19	4:20	4:22	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:37	4:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.1	7:01	4:07
2	9.1	7:02	4:07
3	9.1	7:02	4:08
4	9.1	7:02	4:09
5	9.1	7:02	4:10
6	9.1	7:02	4:11
7	9.2	7:02	4:12
8	9.2	7:02	4:12
9	9.2	7:02	4:13
10	9.2	7:01	4:14
11	9.2	7:01	4:15
12	9.3	7:01	4:16
13	9.3	7:01	4:17
14	9.3	7:00	4:18
15	9.3	7:00	4:19
16	9.3	7:00	4:20
17	9.4	6:59	4:22
18	9.4	6:59	4:23
19	9.4	6:59	4:24
20	9.4	6:58	4:25
21	9.5	6:58	4:26
22	9.5	6:57	4:27
23	9.5	6:56	4:28
24	9.6	6:56	4:29
25	9.6	6:55	4:31
26	9.6	6:54	4:32
27	9.7	6:54	4:33
28	9.7	6:53	4:34
29	9.7	6:52	4:35
30	9.8	6:51	4:37
31	9.8	6:51	4:38

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.5	Dim
2	1.5	Dim
3	1.5	Dim
4	1.6	Dim
5	1.6	Dim
6	1.6	Dim
7	1.6	Dim
8	1.6	Dim
9	1.6	Dim
10	1.6	Dim
11	1.6	Dim
12	1.7	Dim
13	1.7	Dim
14	1.7	Dim
15	1.7	Dim
16	1.8	Dim
17	1.8	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
19	1.8	Dim
20	1.8	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Ünye?

Our two travel scores rate January 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

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ünye.

What to pack for Ünye in January

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

In January, Ünye sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ünye in January

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 13 to Oct 13 — about 4 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	10	15	21	24	25	23	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	10	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	20	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Ünye 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 Ünye peaks around August 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	3	6	7	8	8	8	7	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Ünye?

Ünye sits at 41.1°N, 37.3°E, 1 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Fatsa, 22 km away.

Topography around Ünye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ünye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 732 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,267 m.

The land around Ünye is covered by water (63%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

203 m

water 63%

16 km

732 m

water 57%

80 km

2,267 m

trees 49%

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← December Ünye year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Fatsa 22 km · Terme 27 km · Kumru 30 km · Korgan 35 km · Gürgentepe 47 km · Çarşamba 48 km · Ordu 54 km · Niksar 67 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 Ünye (41.1405°, 37.2885°, elevation 1 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. 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	10	7
2	10	7
3	10	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	6
13	9	6
14	9	6
15	9	6
16	9	6
17	9	6
18	9	6
19	9	6
20	9	6
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6
29	8	6
30	8	6
31	8	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	42	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	6
8	42	5
9	43	5
10	43	5
11	43	5
12	43	5
13	43	4
14	43	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	43	5
18	43	5
19	43	6
20	44	7
21	44	7
22	44	8
23	45	9
24	45	10
25	45	11
26	45	11
27	45	12
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	13
31	44	13

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	7
2	10	7
3	10	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	6
13	9	6
14	9	6
15	9	6
16	9	6
17	9	6
18	9	6
19	9	6
20	9	6
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6
29	8	6
30	8	6
31	8	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	42	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	6
8	42	5
9	43	5
10	43	5
11	43	5
12	43	5
13	43	4
14	43	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	43	5
18	43	5
19	43	6
20	44	7
21	44	7
22	44	8
23	45	9
24	45	10
25	45	11
26	45	11
27	45	12
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	13
31	44	13

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	7
2	10	7
3	10	7
4	10	7
5	10	7
6	10	7
7	10	7
8	9	7
9	9	7
10	9	7
11	9	7
12	9	6
13	9	6
14	9	6
15	9	6
16	9	6
17	9	6
18	9	6
19	9	6
20	9	6
21	9	6
22	9	6
23	9	6
24	9	6
25	9	6
26	9	6
27	9	6
28	9	6
29	8	6
30	8	6
31	8	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	36	64
4	37	63
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	36	64
8	37	63
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	41	6
2	41	6
3	42	6
4	42	6
5	42	6
6	42	6
7	42	6
8	42	5
9	43	5
10	43	5
11	43	5
12	43	5
13	43	4
14	43	4
15	43	4
16	43	4
17	43	5
18	43	5
19	43	6
20	44	7
21	44	7
22	44	8
23	45	9
24	45	10
25	45	11
26	45	11
27	45	12
28	45	13
29	45	13
30	45	13
31	44	13

	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
29	100
30	100
31	100