Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: 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 Elbistan: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 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 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In August its highs average 34.6°C, 3.3°C warmer than Elbistan, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks joint 56th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 27th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Elbistan is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 7.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kahramanmaraş in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Malatya in AugustTurkey · 99 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AugustTurkey · 106 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 129 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kâhta in AugustTurkey · 133 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kadirli in AugustTurkey · 134 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 143 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kozan in AugustTurkey · 147 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 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.