Climate averages 1991–2020
Kızıltepe weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Kızıltepe: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mardin (20 km away). In August its highs average 35.6°C, 3.4°C cooler than Kızıltepe, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Kızıltepe ranks 2nd 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; Kızıltepe is 8.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.6 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
Kızıltepe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 68 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.3°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 59 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.2 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 39.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 22 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 63 | 8.8 | 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
- Mardin in AugustTurkey · 20 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in AugustSyria · 60 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 72 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bismil in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in AugustSyria · 78 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 92 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 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 Kızıltepe) is explained once on the Kızıltepe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.