Climate averages 1991–2020
Ankara weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 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 Ankara: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gölbaşı (15 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ankara, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Ankara ranks joint 59th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 74th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Ankara is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 13 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
Ankara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 45 | 8.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 53 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 8.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 29 | 5.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 28 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.9°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 7.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 53 | 8.7 | 9.49 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
- Gölbaşı in AugustTurkey · 15 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Kırıkkale in AugustTurkey · 56 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Polatlı in AugustTurkey · 72 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Çankırı in AugustTurkey · 99 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 13 mm rain
- Bolu in AugustTurkey · 139 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Kırşehir in AugustTurkey · 141 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Karabük in AugustTurkey · 144 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Yozgat in AugustTurkey · 167 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 7.4 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 Ankara) is explained once on the Ankara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.