Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaziantep weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Gaziantep: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In August its highs average 37.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Gaziantep, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gaziantep ranks joint 19th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 18th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Gaziantep is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Gaziantep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 77 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 42 | 8.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 29 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 6.5 | 2.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 35.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 35.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 4.3 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 48 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 79 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 37 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kilis in AugustTurkey · 45 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in AugustTurkey · 71 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 78 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 78 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Suruç in AugustTurkey · 93 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 97 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AugustTurkey · 101 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 6.9 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 Gaziantep) is explained once on the Gaziantep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.