Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In April its highs average 19.1°C, 3.7°C warmer than Elbistan, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks joint 100th of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 48th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Elbistan is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Elbistan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 58 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 2.4°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 53 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 3.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 27 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.610 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Kahramanmaraş in AprilTurkey · 73 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Malatya in AprilTurkey · 99 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AprilTurkey · 106 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AprilTurkey · 129 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Kâhta in AprilTurkey · 133 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Kadirli in AprilTurkey · 134 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Nizip in AprilTurkey · 143 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Kozan in AprilTurkey · 147 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 143 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 Elbistan) is explained once on the Elbistan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.