Climate averages 1991–2020
Malatya weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Malatya: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adıyaman (65 km away). In April its highs average 19.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Malatya, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Malatya ranks joint 71st of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 96th of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Malatya is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Malatya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 90 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 75 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 75 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 74 | 11.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 65 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 17 | 4.5 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 3.5 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 2.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 86 | 10.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Adıyaman in AprilTurkey · 65 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Kâhta in AprilTurkey · 68 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Akçapınar in AprilTurkey · 86 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Elazığ in AprilTurkey · 87 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 86 mm rain
- Elbistan in AprilTurkey · 99 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 4.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Siverek in AprilTurkey · 110 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AprilTurkey · 138 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 9.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in AprilTurkey · 149 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 49 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 Malatya) is explained once on the Malatya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.