Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Elazığ: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (39 km away). In April its highs average 16.2°C, about as warm as Elazığ, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks joint 89th of 138 for the warmest April highs and 113th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Elazığ is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 86 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Elazığ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 70 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 83 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 86 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 2.1 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 57 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 9.8 | 9.510 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
April in nearby cities
- Akçapınar in AprilTurkey · 39 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Malatya in AprilTurkey · 87 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Siverek in AprilTurkey · 103 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Kâhta in AprilTurkey · 112 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Bingöl in AprilTurkey · 113 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 149 mm rain
- Erzincan in AprilTurkey · 121 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in AprilTurkey · 121 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AprilTurkey · 131 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 51 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 Elazığ) is explained once on the Elazığ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.