Climate averages 1991–2020
Hakkâri weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hakkâri: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.3 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 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yüksekova (48 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Hakkâri, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Hakkâri ranks joint 81st of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 34th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Hakkâri is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 mm to 8.8 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
Hakkâri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 140 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 140 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 170 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.1°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 140 | 14.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 88 | 15.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 4.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 29.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 29.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 8.8 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 55 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 8.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 2.8°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 134 | 10.6 | 9.610 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
- Yüksekova in AugustTurkey · 48 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AugustIraq · 94 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dihok in AugustIraq · 103 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Zaxo in AugustIraq · 105 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Sīnah in AugustIraq · 105 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Van in AugustTurkey · 107 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Simele in AugustIraq · 112 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sumayl in AugustIraq · 112 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 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 Hakkâri) is explained once on the Hakkâri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.