Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ weather
in October.
A mild, 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.
October is a mild month in Elazığ: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (39 km away). In October its highs average 21.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Elazığ, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks joint 62nd of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 66th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Elazığ is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.1°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Akçapınar in OctoberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Malatya in OctoberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Siverek in OctoberTurkey · 103 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kâhta in OctoberTurkey · 112 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Bingöl in OctoberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Erzincan in OctoberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in OctoberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Adıyaman in OctoberTurkey · 131 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 27 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.