Climate averages 1991–2020
Mardin weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Mardin: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°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 (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kızıltepe (20 km away). In August its highs average 39.1°C, 3.4°C warmer than Mardin, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mardin ranks 18th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Mardin is 4.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 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
Mardin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 70 | 9.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 67 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 65 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 48 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 31 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 31.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 2.6 | 1.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 35.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 41 | 5.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 65 | 8.6 | 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
- Kızıltepe in AugustTurkey · 20 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in AugustSyria · 52 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 54 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bismil in AugustTurkey · 60 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 72 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AugustTurkey · 88 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in AugustSyria · 90 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 0.1 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 Mardin) is explained once on the Mardin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.