Climate averages 1991–2020
Amasya weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Amasya: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Turhal (36 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Amasya, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Amasya ranks joint 77th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 75th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Amasya is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 22 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
Amasya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 48 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.5 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 38 | 8.5 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 29.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 46 | 6.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 8.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 55 | 9.0 | 9.39 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
- Turhal in AugustTurkey · 36 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tokat in AugustTurkey · 72 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Çorum in AugustTurkey · 75 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Samsun in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Bafra in AugustTurkey · 102 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Yozgat in AugustTurkey · 127 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ünye in AugustTurkey · 134 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Sivas in AugustTurkey · 142 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 5.4 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 Amasya) is explained once on the Amasya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.