Climate averages 1991–2020
İskenderun weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in İskenderun: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsuz (32 km away, marked approximate). In February its highs average 14.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than İskenderun, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, İskenderun ranks joint 10th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 121st of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; İskenderun is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 17.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Arsuz (approximate) in FebruaryTurkey · 32 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Antakya in FebruaryTurkey · 42 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Osmaniye in FebruaryTurkey · 55 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Ceyhan in FebruaryTurkey · 58 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Samandağ in FebruaryTurkey · 59 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Idlib in FebruarySyria · 84 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Kilis in FebruaryTurkey · 85 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Adana in FebruaryTurkey · 88 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 4.6°C · 82 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.