Climate averages 1991–2020
Balıkesir 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 Balıkesir: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.9 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 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soma (57 km away). In August its highs average 31.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Balıkesir, with 5.0 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Balıkesir ranks 68th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 71st of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Balıkesir is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 23 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
Balıkesir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 76 | 10.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 72 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 53 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 41 | 7.3 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.9 | 2.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 80 | 10.9 | 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
- Soma in AugustTurkey · 57 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Mustafakemalpaşa in AugustTurkey · 62 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bandırma in AugustTurkey · 79 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Akhisar in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Nilüfer in AugustTurkey · 108 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Ayvalık in AugustTurkey · 109 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Bursa in AugustTurkey · 117 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Manisa in AugustTurkey · 122 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.0 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 Balıkesir) is explained once on the Balıkesir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.