Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbistan weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Elbistan: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kahramanmaraş (73 km away). In February its highs average 8.7°C, 6.3°C warmer than Elbistan, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elbistan ranks 125th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 29th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Elbistan is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kahramanmaraş in FebruaryTurkey · 73 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Malatya in FebruaryTurkey · 99 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Adıyaman in FebruaryTurkey · 106 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Gaziantep in FebruaryTurkey · 129 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Kâhta in FebruaryTurkey · 133 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Kadirli in FebruaryTurkey · 134 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Nizip in FebruaryTurkey · 143 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Kozan in FebruaryTurkey · 147 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 119 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.