Climate averages 1991–2020
Erciş weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Erciş: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patnos (49 km away). In April its highs average 12.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Erciş, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erciş ranks 135th of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 87th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Erciş is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 58 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
Erciş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 51 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 50 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 64 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 66 | 13.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 6.2 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 2.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 55 | 9.7 | 9.59 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
- Patnos in AprilTurkey · 49 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Van in AprilTurkey · 59 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Ağrı in AprilTurkey · 81 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AprilTurkey · 85 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Tatvan in AprilTurkey · 111 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Iğdır in AprilTurkey · 116 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Khūy in AprilIran · 148 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Salmās in AprilIran · 153 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 66 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 Erciş) is explained once on the Erciş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.