Climate averages 1991–2020
Diyarbakır weather
in August.
A very 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 very hot month in Diyarbakır: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.3 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 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismil (40 km away). In August its highs average 38.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Diyarbakır, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Diyarbakır ranks 10th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Diyarbakır is 6.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 8.3 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
Diyarbakır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 93 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 97 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 91 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.9 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 37.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.3 | 1.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.8°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 90 | 10.0 | 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
- Bismil in AugustTurkey · 40 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 80 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Siverek in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mardin in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bingöl in AugustTurkey · 111 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 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 Diyarbakır) is explained once on the Diyarbakır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.