Zekeriya weather in February

In February, Zekeriya sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 10.8 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 24% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Zekeriya's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zekeriya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 61 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:08 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 10th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.57 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.8; out of 10

Zekeriya is mahalle (administrative quarter) in Sarıyer, İstanbul–Europe, northwestern Turkey.

Density: 1,945/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

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

A typical February day in Zekeriya reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 2°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

Zekeriya weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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° / 5°	72	11.8	2.1	9.4	1.6
Feb	9° / 5°	61	10.8	2.1	10.3	1.8
Mar	11° / 6°	66	10.4	0.7	11.7	2.7
Apr	15° / 10°	41	7.4	0	13.1	4.9
May	20° / 14°	32	6.1	0	14.3	7.1
Jun	25° / 19°	34	5.7	0	14.9	8.0
Jul	28° / 22°	26	4.2	0	14.7	7.9
Aug	28° / 22°	24	4.2	0	13.6	7.7
Sep	24° / 19°	50	6.5	0	12.3	7.8
Oct	20° / 15°	73	8.4	0	10.9	6.5
Nov	15° / 11°	62	9.1	0	9.7	4.5
Dec	11° / 7°	86	12.2	1.1	9.1	2.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, 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
Clearer (%)	37	37	38	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	35	35	36	37	38	39	39	39
Cloudier (%)	63	63	62	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	65	65	64	63	62	61	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Zekeriya gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 10.8 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 38% and peaks near 39% 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
Rain chance (%)	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	37
Snow chance (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	9
2	38	9
3	38	9
4	38	9
5	38	9
6	38	9
7	38	9
8	38	9
9	38	9
10	38	8
11	38	8
12	38	8
13	38	8
14	39	8
15	39	8
16	39	8
17	39	7
18	39	7
19	39	7
20	39	7
21	39	6
22	39	6
23	38	6
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	4
28	37	4

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 17 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of February to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:23 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:45 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)	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	7:23	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:56	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50
Sunset (PM)	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:23	5:12
2	9.9	7:22	5:13
3	9.9	7:21	5:14
4	9.9	7:20	5:16
5	10.0	7:19	5:17
6	10.0	7:18	5:18
7	10.0	7:17	5:19
8	10.1	7:16	5:21
9	10.1	7:15	5:22
10	10.2	7:14	5:23
11	10.2	7:13	5:24
12	10.2	7:11	5:26
13	10.3	7:10	5:27
14	10.3	7:09	5:28
15	10.4	7:08	5:29
16	10.4	7:06	5:30
17	10.4	7:05	5:32
18	10.5	7:04	5:33
19	10.5	7:03	5:34
20	10.6	7:01	5:35
21	10.6	7:00	5:37
22	10.7	6:58	5:38
23	10.7	6:57	5:39
24	10.7	6:56	5:40
25	10.8	6:54	5:41
26	10.8	6:53	5:43
27	10.9	6:51	5:44
28	10.9	6:50	5:45

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 2.57 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)	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1
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	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.7	Moderate
18	2.7	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Zekeriya?

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

1.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zekeriya.

What to pack for Zekeriya in February

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

In February, Zekeriya sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Zekeriya in February

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 11 to Oct 7 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	8	7	8	10	15	21	24	25	23	19	15	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	8	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	15	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	23	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	15	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Zekeriya in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zekeriya peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	4	7	7	9	9	9	7	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Zekeriya 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 Zekeriya is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	14	17	16	13	10	9	10	10	11	11	10
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	17	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	10	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Zekeriya?

Zekeriya sits at 41.2°N, 29.0°E, 120 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Tarabya, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Zekeriya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zekeriya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m around an average of 138 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 346 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 950 m.

The land around Zekeriya is covered by trees (80%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and water (34%) within 16 km, and water (56%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

229 m

trees 80%

16 km

346 m

trees 48%

80 km

950 m

water 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

February weather nearby: Tarabya 7.0 km · İstinye 10 km · Çubuklu 11 km · Şişli 16 km · Sultangazi 17 km · Üsküdar 20 km · Eminönü 21 km · Fatih 21 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 Zekeriya (41.1981°, 29.0303°, elevation 120 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	9	5
2	9	5
3	9	5
4	9	5
5	9	5
6	9	5
7	9	5
8	9	5
9	9	5
10	9	5
11	9	5
12	9	5
13	9	5
14	9	5
15	9	5
16	9	5
17	9	5
18	9	5
19	9	5
20	9	5
21	9	5
22	10	5
23	10	5
24	10	5
25	10	5
26	10	6
27	10	6
28	10	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	9
2	38	9
3	38	9
4	38	9
5	38	9
6	38	9
7	38	9
8	38	9
9	38	9
10	38	8
11	38	8
12	38	8
13	38	8
14	39	8
15	39	8
16	39	8
17	39	7
18	39	7
19	39	7
20	39	7
21	39	6
22	39	6
23	38	6
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	4
28	37	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	9
2	38	9
3	38	9
4	38	9
5	38	9
6	38	9
7	38	9
8	38	9
9	38	9
10	38	8
11	38	8
12	38	8
13	38	8
14	39	8
15	39	8
16	39	8
17	39	7
18	39	7
19	39	7
20	39	7
21	39	6
22	39	6
23	38	6
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	4
28	37	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	36	64
9	36	64
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	38	9
2	38	9
3	38	9
4	38	9
5	38	9
6	38	9
7	38	9
8	38	9
9	38	9
10	38	8
11	38	8
12	38	8
13	38	8
14	39	8
15	39	8
16	39	8
17	39	7
18	39	7
19	39	7
20	39	7
21	39	6
22	39	6
23	38	6
24	38	5
25	38	5
26	38	5
27	38	4
28	37	4

	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