Climate averages 1991–2020
Malatya weather
in August.
A 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 hot month in Malatya: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adıyaman (65 km away). In August its highs average 36.8°C, 3.5°C warmer than Malatya, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Malatya ranks joint 41st of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Malatya is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 11 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Adıyaman in AugustTurkey · 65 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kâhta in AugustTurkey · 68 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Akçapınar in AugustTurkey · 86 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Elazığ in AugustTurkey · 87 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Elbistan in AugustTurkey · 99 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Siverek in AugustTurkey · 110 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in AugustTurkey · 138 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in AugustTurkey · 149 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.2 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.