Climate averages 1991–2020

Diyarbakır weather
in October.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 12.2°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 46 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Diyarbakır · average highYear overview

October is a warm month in Diyarbakır: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bismil (40 km away). In October its highs average 25.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Diyarbakır, with 37 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Diyarbakır ranks 28th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 56th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Diyarbakır is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 9.3°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 60 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Diyarbakır, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.0°C-1.3°C-1.3°C9310.79.910 h
February 9.0°C-0.5°C-0.5°C8711.010.811 h
March 14.1°C3.1°C3.1°C9712.411.912 h
April 19.3°C7.6°C7.6°C9112.113.213 h
May 25.0°C12.3°C12.3°C639.914.214 h
June 32.1°C17.8°C17.8°C8.92.714.715 h
July 37.3°C22.5°C22.5°C1.40.414.515 h
August 37.5°C22.4°C22.4°C1.30.313.614 h
September 32.3°C17.8°C17.8°C8.31.312.512 h
October, selected 24.5°C12.2°C12.2°C466.011.211 h
November 15.1°C5.0°C5.0°C607.310.210 h
December 8.8°C0.6°C0.6°C9010.09.610 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Diyarbakır

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 limits

How 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.