Climate averages 1991–2020
İskenderun weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in İskenderun: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arsuz (32 km away, marked approximate). In September its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as İskenderun, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, İskenderun ranks 31st of 138 for the warmest September highs and joint 67th of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; İskenderun is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Arsuz (approximate) in SeptemberTurkey · 32 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Antakya in SeptemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Osmaniye in SeptemberTurkey · 55 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Ceyhan in SeptemberTurkey · 58 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Samandağ in SeptemberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Idlib in SeptemberSyria · 84 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Kilis in SeptemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Adana in SeptemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 19 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.