Climate averages 1991–2020
Bismil weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bismil: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Diyarbakır (40 km away). In August its highs average 37.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Bismil, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Bismil ranks joint 3rd of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Bismil is 7.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.3 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
Bismil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 69 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.5°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 71 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 81 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 75 | 10.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 33.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.6 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 38.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 37 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.4°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 49 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 70 | 9.6 | 9.610 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
- Diyarbakır in AugustTurkey · 40 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 42 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mardin in AugustTurkey · 60 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 76 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in AugustSyria · 102 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 106 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Siirt in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 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 Bismil) is explained once on the Bismil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.