Climate averages 1991–2020
Kâhta weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kâhta: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adıyaman (31 km away). In August its highs average 36.8°C, about as warm as Kâhta, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kâhta ranks 16th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Kâhta is 5.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.4 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
Kâhta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 116 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 81 | 9.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 47 | 8.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 28 | 5.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 31.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 36.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.2°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 63 | 6.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 112 | 10.4 | 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
- Adıyaman in AugustTurkey · 31 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Siverek in AugustTurkey · 61 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Malatya in AugustTurkey · 68 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AugustTurkey · 70 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Suruç in AugustTurkey · 92 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Elazığ in AugustTurkey · 112 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 118 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 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 Kâhta) is explained once on the Kâhta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.