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When to go to Kars
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Kars has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in June to September.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in August and September.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): November to March.
- The warmest month is August (26°C) and the coolest January (-3°C). The wettest is May (79 mm) and the driest February (27 mm); about 558 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
- JanCold
- FebCold
- MarCold
- AprCool
- MayCool
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctCool
- NovCold
- DecCold
Month by month
Every month in Kars
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3°C | -15°C | 35 mm | 89% | 73% | 2.6 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 0°C | -13°C | 27 mm | 84% | 77% | 3.6 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 5°C | -6°C | 38 mm | 74% | 79% | 4.5 | 27°C | Cold |
| April | 11°C | -2°C | 61 mm | 71% | 74% | 4.9 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 16°C | 3°C | 79 mm | 70% | 68% | 5.9 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 21°C | 8°C | 68 mm | 65% | 58% | 7.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 25°C | 11°C | 53 mm | 61% | 50% | 7.1 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 26°C | 11°C | 42 mm | 56% | 46% | 6.5 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 22°C | 7°C | 33 mm | 58% | 47% | 5.2 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 14°C | 1°C | 53 mm | 65% | 59% | 3.5 | 34°C | Cool |
| November | 6°C | -5°C | 34 mm | 74% | 62% | 2.3 | 29°C | Cold |
| December | 0°C | -11°C | 35 mm | 83% | 70% | 1.9 | 25°C | Cold |
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.
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