Climate averages 1991–2020
Gaziantep weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Gaziantep: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizip (37 km away). In October its highs average 25.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gaziantep, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Gaziantep ranks joint 40th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 27th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Gaziantep is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.7°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nizip in OctoberTurkey · 37 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Kilis in OctoberTurkey · 45 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in OctoberTurkey · 71 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Al Bāb in OctoberSyria · 78 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Manbij in OctoberSyria · 78 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Suruç in OctoberTurkey · 93 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Aleppo in OctoberSyria · 97 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Osmaniye in OctoberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 68 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.