Climate averages 1991–2020

Gaziantep weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.4°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 1.5 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a very hot month in Gaziantep: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In July its highs average 38.1°C, 2.7°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 July highs and 19th of 138 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 138 cities is 30.9°C; Gaziantep is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.5 mm to 1.4 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gaziantep, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.5°C-0.2°C-0.2°C7710.49.910 h
February 9.3°C0.1°C0.1°C6610.210.811 h
March 14.0°C3.3°C3.3°C589.411.912 h
April 19.2°C7.5°C7.5°C428.413.113 h
May 24.9°C12.1°C12.1°C296.514.114 h
June 31.1°C16.7°C16.7°C6.52.114.715 h
July, selected 35.4°C19.9°C19.9°C1.50.414.414 h
August 35.4°C20.2°C20.2°C1.40.413.614 h
September 30.8°C16.8°C16.8°C4.31.212.512 h
October 23.8°C11.9°C11.9°C304.811.311 h
November 15.2°C5.5°C5.5°C486.210.210 h
December 9.3°C1.5°C1.5°C799.99.710 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Gaziantep

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 limits

How 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.