Climate averages 1991–2020
Akçapınar weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Akçapınar: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 43 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elazığ (39 km away). In February its highs average 4.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Akçapınar, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Akçapınar ranks joint 117th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 48th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Akçapınar is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Akçapınar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 72 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| February, selected | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Elazığ in FebruaryTurkey · 39 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Malatya in FebruaryTurkey · 86 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Erzincan in FebruaryTurkey · 100 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -6.8°C · 61 mm precipitation
- Kâhta in FebruaryTurkey · 132 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Bingöl in FebruaryTurkey · 134 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Siverek in FebruaryTurkey · 137 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Adıyaman in FebruaryTurkey · 144 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in FebruaryTurkey · 160 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.5°C · 87 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Akçapınar) is explained once on the Akçapınar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.