Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahramanmaraş weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kahramanmaraş: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaziantep (71 km away). In August its highs average 35.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kahramanmaraş, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kahramanmaraş ranks 31st of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 27th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Kahramanmaraş is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 6.3 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 71 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Elbistan in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kadirli in AugustTurkey · 77 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AugustTurkey · 83 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Kilis in AugustTurkey · 98 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kozan in AugustTurkey · 99 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 100 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AugustTurkey · 116 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 10 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.