Climate averages 1991–2020
Antakya 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 Antakya: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Samandağ (22 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Antakya, with 6.5 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Antakya ranks 45th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Antakya is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 18 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
Antakya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 107 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 103 | 11.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 87 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 56 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 33 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.3 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 42 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 63 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 103 | 11.0 | 9.710 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
- Samandağ in AugustTurkey · 22 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AugustTurkey · 33 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- İskenderun in AugustTurkey · 42 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 53 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Latakia in AugustSyria · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 90 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AugustTurkey · 96 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AugustTurkey · 97 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 6.9 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 Antakya) is explained once on the Antakya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.