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When to go to Samsun
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Samsun has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to October.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in May, June and September.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
- Cold months (a mean high under 10°C): January and February.
- The warmest month is August (27°C) and the coolest January (8°C). The wettest is December (85 mm) and the driest August (18 mm); about 589 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
- MarCool
- AprCool
- MayMild–warm, dry
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, mixed
- AugMild–warm, mixed
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovCool
- DecCool
Month by month
Every month in Samsun
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | 4°C | 73 mm | 77% | 82% | 1.6 | 23°C | Cold |
| February | 9°C | 4°C | 47 mm | 77% | 80% | 2.3 | 24°C | Cold |
| March | 11°C | 5°C | 57 mm | 77% | 79% | 3.3 | 27°C | Cool |
| April | 14°C | 8°C | 43 mm | 77% | 71% | 4.8 | 31°C | Cool |
| May | 18°C | 13°C | 42 mm | 79% | 66% | 5.8 | 35°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| June | 23°C | 18°C | 38 mm | 76% | 51% | 6.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 26°C | 21°C | 19 mm | 74% | 46% | 6.7 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 27°C | 22°C | 18 mm | 73% | 48% | 5.8 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| September | 24°C | 19°C | 39 mm | 74% | 58% | 4.4 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 19°C | 14°C | 59 mm | 76% | 71% | 2.9 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 15°C | 10°C | 69 mm | 74% | 73% | 2 | 29°C | Cool |
| December | 10°C | 6°C | 85 mm | 76% | 80% | 1.4 | 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.
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- Kayseri292 kmGood for going: May to September
- Erzincan317 kmGood for going: June to September
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