Vakfıkebir weather in January

In January, Vakfıkebir sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 116 mm of precipitation across 14.5 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Vakfıkebir's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vakfıkebir's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
116 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
6:52 AM – 4:13 PM
Cloud cover
68%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Vakfıkebir is town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of 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 6°C through the month.

A typical January day in Vakfıkebir reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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572
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How January really feels in Vakfıkebir

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Vakfıkebir weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 11614.510.29.40.4
Feb / 8912.7910.40.7
Mar / 11315.88.711.71.6
Apr13° / 10815.72.313.13.1
May17° / 11°12616.5014.34.7
Jun21° / 15°11715.7014.95.6
Jul23° / 18°10516.3014.65.9
Aug23° / 18°12018013.65.7
Sep21° / 15°17415.9012.35.6
Oct18° / 11°18315.60.210.95.0
Nov13° / 13412.43.19.73.3
Dec / 11313.16.89.11.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
43466
53565
63466
73466
83466
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113466
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Vakfıkebir gets around 116 mm of rain and snow over 14.5 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 10 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14125
24225
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54327
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314937

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 11 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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311calm
411calm
510calm
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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 6:53 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.16:533:59
29.16:534:00
39.16:534:00
49.16:544:01
59.16:544:02
69.26:544:03
79.26:534:04
89.26:534:05
99.26:534:06
109.26:534:07
119.26:534:08
129.36:534:09
139.36:534:10
149.36:524:11
159.36:524:12
169.46:524:13
179.46:514:14
189.46:514:15
199.46:504:16
209.56:504:17
219.56:494:18
229.56:494:19
239.56:484:21
249.66:484:22
259.66:474:23
269.66:464:24
279.76:464:25
289.76:454:26
299.76:444:28
309.86:434:29
319.86:424:30

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 1.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 1.96 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.7Dim
21.7Dim
31.7Dim
41.8Dim
51.8Dim
61.8Dim
71.8Dim
81.8Dim
91.8Dim
101.8Dim
111.9Dim
121.9Dim
131.9Dim
141.9Dim
151.9Dim
162.0Dim
172.0Dim
182.0Moderate
192.0Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.1Moderate
232.1Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.3Moderate
312.4Moderate
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Vakfıkebir?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vakfıkebir.

What to pack for Vakfıkebir in January

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

In January, Vakfıkebir sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Vakfıkebir 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 26°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 10 to Oct 18 — about 4.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep24Refreshing
Oct20Refreshing
Nov16Cool
Dec13Bracing

UV index in Vakfıkebir 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 Vakfıkebir peaks around June 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 21UV 8Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vakfıkebir?

Vakfıkebir sits at 41.0°N, 39.3°E, 12 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Beşikdüzü, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Vakfıkebir

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vakfıkebir has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,817 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,284 m.

The land around Vakfıkebir is covered by trees (54%) and water (39%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and water (40%) within 16 km, and trees (40%), water (38%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
467 m
16 km
1,817 m
80 km
3,284 m
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January weather nearby: Beşikdüzü 4.0 km · Görele 23 km · Akçaabat 25 km · Trabzon 38 km · Tirebolu 39 km · Espiye 49 km · Yomra 50 km · Arsin 56 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 Vakfıkebir (41.0458°, 39.2764°, elevation 12 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).