Climate averages 1991–2020
Aksaray weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Aksaray: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nevşehir (66 km away). In August its highs average 29.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Aksaray, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Aksaray ranks joint 62nd of 138 for the warmest August highs and 33rd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Aksaray is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 8.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Aksaray climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 12.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 8.3 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 22 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 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
August in nearby cities
- Nevşehir in AugustTurkey · 66 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Niğde in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kırşehir in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AugustTurkey · 96 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kayseri in AugustTurkey · 133 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Konya in AugustTurkey · 146 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Karaman in AugustTurkey · 150 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in AugustTurkey · 170 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.3 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 Aksaray) is explained once on the Aksaray year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.