Climate averages 1991–2020
Çanakkale 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 Çanakkale: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.7 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 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ayvalık (96 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Çanakkale, with 1.7 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çanakkale ranks 74th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 65th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Çanakkale is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.7 mm to 38 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
Çanakkale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 84 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 81 | 9.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 73 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 53 | 7.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 6.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 26 | 5.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 38 | 4.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 73 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 10.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 94 | 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
- Ayvalık in AugustTurkey · 96 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Tekirdağ in AugustTurkey · 130 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Bandırma in AugustTurkey · 135 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Balıkesir in AugustTurkey · 138 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Soma in AugustTurkey · 149 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in AugustTurkey · 160 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Çorlu in AugustTurkey · 162 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Edirne in AugustTurkey · 170 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 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 Çanakkale) is explained once on the Çanakkale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.