Climate averages 1991–2020
Arsuz weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 409 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 2.7°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
October is a warm month in Arsuz: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is İskenderun (32 km away). In October its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Arsuz, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Arsuz ranks joint 13th of 138 for the warmest October highs and 103rd of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Arsuz is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Arsuz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 130 | 12.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 124 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 109 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 75 | 9.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 47 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 15 | 3.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 6.1 | 1.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 5.5 | 2.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 29.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| October, selected | 26.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 72 | 8.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 84 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 123 | 11.9 | 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
October in nearby cities
- İskenderun in OctoberTurkey · 32 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Antakya in OctoberTurkey · 33 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Samandağ in OctoberTurkey · 38 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ceyhan in OctoberTurkey · 68 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Osmaniye in OctoberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Adana in OctoberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Idlib in OctoberSyria · 86 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Latakia in OctoberSyria · 98 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 66 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 Arsuz) is explained once on the Arsuz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.