Climate averages 1991–2020
Erciş weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Erciş: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patnos (49 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 2.1°C warmer than Erciş, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erciş ranks joint 117th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Erciş is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.2 mm to 20 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Patnos in AugustTurkey · 49 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Van in AugustTurkey · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ağrı in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AugustTurkey · 85 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Tatvan in AugustTurkey · 111 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Iğdır in AugustTurkey · 116 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Khūy in AugustIran · 148 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Salmās in AugustIran · 153 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 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.