Climate averages 1991–2020
Kars weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kars: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gyumri (68 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Kars, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kars ranks 137th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 129th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Kars is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kars climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.5°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 35 | 7.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 0.2°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 5.0°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 66 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 99 | 16.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 126 | 21.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 15.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 60 | 12.4 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 34 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 49 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 6.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 36 | 6.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 0.5°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Gyumri in AugustArmenia · 68 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ağrı in AugustTurkey · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Iğdır in AugustTurkey · 111 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Vanadzor in AugustArmenia · 121 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Yerevan in AugustArmenia · 130 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.3°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AugustTurkey · 145 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Patnos in AugustTurkey · 154 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Batumi in AugustGeorgia · 168 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 250 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 Kars) is explained once on the Kars year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.