Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahramanmaraş weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Kahramanmaraş: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaziantep (71 km away). In April its highs average 19.2°C, about as warm as Kahramanmaraş, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kahramanmaraş ranks 42nd of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 44th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Kahramanmaraş is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kahramanmaraş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 109 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 83 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.8°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 73 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 19.1°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 49 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 31 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 5.3 | 1.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.7 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 59 | 6.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 105 | 10.1 | 9.610 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
April in nearby cities
- Gaziantep in AprilTurkey · 71 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Elbistan in AprilTurkey · 73 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Kadirli in AprilTurkey · 77 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AprilTurkey · 83 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Kilis in AprilTurkey · 98 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Kozan in AprilTurkey · 99 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 10.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Nizip in AprilTurkey · 100 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AprilTurkey · 116 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 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 Kahramanmaraş) is explained once on the Kahramanmaraş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.