Climate averages 1991–2020
Malatya weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Malatya: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 44 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adıyaman (65 km away). In February its highs average 8.5°C, 3.0°C warmer than Malatya, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Malatya ranks joint 117th of 138 for the warmest February highs and 79th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Malatya is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 75 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Adıyaman in FebruaryTurkey · 65 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Kâhta in FebruaryTurkey · 68 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Akçapınar in FebruaryTurkey · 86 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Elazığ in FebruaryTurkey · 87 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Elbistan in FebruaryTurkey · 99 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Siverek in FebruaryTurkey · 110 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Şanlıurfa in FebruaryTurkey · 138 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Kahramanmaraş in FebruaryTurkey · 149 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 83 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.