Best time to visit Mersin

The best time to visit Mersin is March–May and October–November, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Mersin, Mersin, Turkey

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January14.2 °C / 58 °F10.5 °C / 51 °F102 mm / 4 ingood month
February15.2 °C / 59 °F11 °C / 52 °F63 mm / 2.5 ingood month
March17.5 °C / 64 °F13 °C / 55 °F49 mm / 1.9 inbest month
April20.5 °C / 69 °F15.7 °C / 60 °F25 mm / 1 inbest month
May24 °C / 75 °F19.4 °C / 67 °F22 mm / 0.9 inbest month
June27.4 °C / 81 °F23.3 °C / 74 °F7 mm / 0.3 ingood month
July29.9 °C / 86 °F26.3 °C / 79 °F2 mm / 0.1 inneither best nor good
August30.8 °C / 87 °F27.1 °C / 81 °F5 mm / 0.2 inneither best nor good
September29.3 °C / 85 °F25 °C / 77 °F13 mm / 0.5 ingood month
October26.4 °C / 80 °F21.5 °C / 71 °F25 mm / 1 inbest month
November21.3 °C / 70 °F16.8 °C / 62 °F61 mm / 2.4 inbest month
December16.4 °C / 62 °F12.7 °C / 55 °F119 mm / 4.7 ingood month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: good
  2. FFebruary: good
  3. MMarch: best
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: best
  12. DDecember: good
Best
March–May, October–November
Good
June, September, December–February
Why these months
  • January · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 81%, precipitation 102 mm / 4 in, average daily high 14.2 °C / 58 °F, wet days 9.4 days, average daily low 10.5 °C / 51 °F, relative humidity 63%, days with heavy rain 3.6 days.

    Against: feels like (high) 11.7 °C / 53 °F.

  • February · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 84%, precipitation 63 mm / 2.5 in, feels like (high) 13.2 °C / 56 °F, average daily high 15.2 °C / 59 °F, wet days 7.3 days, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, average daily low 11 °C / 52 °F, relative humidity 65%.

  • March · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.5 °C / 62 °F, precipitation 49 mm / 1.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 17.5 °C / 64 °F, wet days 6.8 days, days with heavy rain 1.5 days, average daily low 13 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 67%.

  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.2 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 20.5 °C / 69 °F, precipitation 25 mm / 1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 4.7 days, days with heavy rain 0.5 days, average daily low 15.7 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 71%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.2 °C / 79 °F, average daily high 24 °C / 75 °F, precipitation 22 mm / 0.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 3.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.3 days, average daily low 19.4 °C / 67 °F, relative humidity 74%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, average daily high 27.4 °C / 81 °F, wet days 1.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.2 °C / 88 °F, average daily low 23.3 °C / 74 °F.

  • September · good

    In its favour: precipitation 13 mm / 0.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 93%, wet days 2.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily high 29.3 °C / 85 °F, relative humidity 68%.

    Against: feels like (high) 32.9 °C / 91 °F, average daily low 25 °C / 77 °F.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.2 °C / 81 °F, precipitation 25 mm / 1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, average daily high 26.4 °C / 80 °F, wet days 3.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.6 days, relative humidity 58%, average daily low 21.5 °C / 71 °F.

  • November · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 20 °C / 68 °F, average daily high 21.3 °C / 70 °F, precipitation 61 mm / 2.4 in, share of daylight that is sunny 86%, wet days 4.7 days, days with heavy rain 1.8 days, average daily low 16.8 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 56%.

  • December · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 78%, feels like (high) 14.2 °C / 58 °F, average daily high 16.4 °C / 62 °F, wet days 8.6 days, precipitation 119 mm / 4.7 in, average daily low 12.7 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 61%, days with heavy rain 3.7 days.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Kayseri-Erciyes, 207 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 11.7 °C13.2 °C16.5 °C21.2 °C26.2 °C31.2 °C35.2 °C36.2 °C32.9 °C27.2 °C20 °C14.2 °C
Days with heavy rain 3.6 days1.9 days1.5 days0.5 days0.3 days0.1 days0 days0.1 days0.1 days0.6 days1.8 days3.7 days
Time rain usually falls 1 pm11 am9 am8 am9 am11 pm9 am8 am11 pm9 am10 am11 pm
Sunshine per day 8 h9.1 h10.6 h12 h12.7 h13.8 h13.8 h12.9 h11.6 h10.5 h8.8 h7.6 h
Relative humidity 63%65%67%71%74%76%77%75%68%58%56%61%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202514.8 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³15.4 µg/m³14.9 µg/m³13.8 µg/m³13.2 µg/m³13.5 µg/m³11.9 µg/m³12 µg/m³14.9 µg/m³13.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202520.6 µg/m³21.1 µg/m³21.2 µg/m³21.9 µg/m³20.4 µg/m³19.3 µg/m³17.9 µg/m³18 µg/m³16.1 µg/m³16.6 µg/m³20.7 µg/m³18.7 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).