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When to go to İzmir
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When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, İzmir has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in April to June and September to November.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April to June and September.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): July and August.
- The warmest month is August (34°C) and the coolest January (12°C). The wettest is January (130 mm) and the driest July (3 mm); about 649 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanCool
- FebCool
- MarCool
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulHot
- AugHot
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecCool
Month by month
Every month in İzmir
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 5°C | 130 mm | 81% | 66% | 2.1 | 23°C | Cool |
| February | 13°C | 5°C | 99 mm | 80% | 67% | 2.8 | 24°C | Cool |
| March | 16°C | 7°C | 61 mm | 76% | 61% | 4.2 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 20°C | 10°C | 47 mm | 71% | 54% | 5.5 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 25°C | 14°C | 29 mm | 67% | 44% | 6.7 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 30°C | 19°C | 15 mm | 60% | 25% | 7.6 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 33°C | 21°C | 3 mm | 53% | 9% | 7.9 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 34°C | 21°C | 3 mm | 52% | 11% | 7.1 | 39°C | Hot |
| September | 29°C | 18°C | 19 mm | 58% | 24% | 5.5 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 23°C | 14°C | 50 mm | 68% | 40% | 3.9 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 18°C | 10°C | 82 mm | 76% | 50% | 2.6 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 13°C | 6°C | 111 mm | 81% | 63% | 1.9 | 25°C | Cool |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Bornova12 kmGood for going: April, May and September to November
- Bodrum155 kmGood for going: April to June and September to November
- Denizli185 kmGood for going: April to June, September and October
- Uşak199 kmGood for going: April to June, September and October
- Çanakkale204 kmGood for going: May to October
- Nilüfer252 kmGood for going: May to October
- Bursa258 kmGood for going: May to October
- Santorini268 kmGood for going: April to November
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