Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Elazığ: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 2.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (39 km away). In August its highs average 33.1°C, about as warm as Elazığ, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks joint 41st of 138 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Elazığ is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.3 mm to 12 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Akçapınar in AugustTurkey · 39 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Malatya in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Siverek in AugustTurkey · 103 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kâhta in AugustTurkey · 112 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bingöl in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Erzincan in AugustTurkey · 121 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in AugustTurkey · 121 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AugustTurkey · 131 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 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.