Climate averages 1991–2020
Iğdır weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Iğdır: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doğubayazıt (42 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 3.1°C cooler than Iğdır, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Iğdır ranks 51st of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 96th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Iğdır is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 15 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
Iğdır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 29 | 5.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 16.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 29 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 16 | 5.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.49 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
- Doğubayazıt in AugustTurkey · 42 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Yerevan in AugustArmenia · 49 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Ağrı in AugustTurkey · 89 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Gyumri in AugustArmenia · 98 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Vanadzor in AugustArmenia · 105 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Kars in AugustTurkey · 111 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Erciş in AugustTurkey · 116 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Patnos in AugustTurkey · 128 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 5.7 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 Iğdır) is explained once on the Iğdır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.