Climate averages 1991–2020
İskenderun 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 İskenderun: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.1 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 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsuz (32 km away, marked approximate). In August its highs average 32.1°C, about as warm as İskenderun, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, İskenderun ranks 46th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; İskenderun is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 22 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
İskenderun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 106 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 108 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 95 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 63 | 9.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 9.7 | 2.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.8 | 0.8 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 22 | 3.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 50 | 6.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 103 | 10.5 | 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
- Arsuz (approximate) in AugustTurkey · 32 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Antakya in AugustTurkey · 42 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AugustTurkey · 55 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AugustTurkey · 58 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Samandağ in AugustTurkey · 59 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 84 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kilis in AugustTurkey · 85 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Adana in AugustTurkey · 88 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.0 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 İskenderun) is explained once on the İskenderun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.