Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilis weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of 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 Kilis: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 1.7 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 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaziantep (45 km away). In August its highs average 35.4°C, about as warm as Kilis, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kilis ranks 17th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 23rd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Kilis is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 3.2 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
Kilis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 69 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 58 | 9.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 6.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 35.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 35.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 21 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 38 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 69 | 9.3 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 45 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 53 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Aleppo in AugustSyria · 57 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 69 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 78 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- İskenderun in AugustTurkey · 85 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Osmaniye in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Idlib in AugustSyria · 97 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 20.9°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 Kilis) is explained once on the Kilis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.