Average Sunshine in Turkey for October

The tables below give October averages for the amount of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout Turkey.

The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.

The averages are for the number of hours a day with sun and the total hours of sun in October. The month's data are based on weather measurements made from 1991 to 2020.

Marmara Region

Hours of sunshine in October
Place Day Month
Balikesir 5.2 161
Bursa 4.7 146
Çanakkale 5.8 180
Edirne 4.4 136
İstanbul 5.4 167
İzmit (Kocaeli) 4.5 140
Sakarya (Adapazari) 4.7 146

Aegean Turkey

October sunshine averages (hours)
Place Day Month
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) 6.1 189
Aydin 5.8 180
İzmir 7.6 236
Manisa 5.5 171
Muğla 5.9 183

Mediterranean Turkey

Average October sun
Place Day Month
Adana 7.2 223
Antalya 7.5 233
Hatay (Antakya) 7.0 217
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) 6.4 198
Mersin (İçel) 7.6 236

Black Sea Turkey

Total hours of sun on average
Place Day Month
Bolu 4.1 127
Ordu 3.9 121
Rize 4.1 127
Samsun 4.8 149
Sinop 4.0 124
Trabzon 4.1 127
Zonguldak 4.2 130

Central Anatolia

Average hours of sunshine in October
Place Day Month
Ankara 6.3 195
Eskişehir 5.8 180
Kayseri 6.3 195
Konya 7.6 236
Nevşehir 6.3 195

Eastern Anatoli

October sunshine averages in hours
Place Day Month
Elâzığ 6.4 198
Erzurum 6.5 202
Kars 6.2 192
Van 7.5 233

Southeastern Anatolia

Number of sunny hours on average
Place Day Month
Diyarbakır 7.1 220
Gaziantep 6.4 198
Mardin 7.7 239
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) 7.1 220

T.C. ÇEVRE, ŞEHİRCİLİK VE İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ BAKANLIĞI. Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Resmi İstatistikler. İllere Ait Mevsim Normalleri (1991-2020).

Reference
Turkey Sunshine
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