Climate averages 1991–2020
İskenderun weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 İskenderun: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsuz (32 km away, marked approximate). In October its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as İskenderun, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, İskenderun ranks joint 13th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 66th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; İskenderun is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 19.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 65 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Arsuz (approximate) in OctoberTurkey · 32 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Antakya in OctoberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Osmaniye in OctoberTurkey · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Ceyhan in OctoberTurkey · 58 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Samandağ in OctoberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Idlib in OctoberSyria · 84 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 19 mm rain
- Kilis in OctoberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Adana in OctoberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 48 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.