Climate averages 1991–2020
Mersin weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: 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 Mersin: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarsus (25 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mersin, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Mersin ranks 55th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 34th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Mersin is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.3 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
Mersin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 99 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 47 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 29 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 21 | 3.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 31.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 30 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 70 | 5.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 126 | 9.2 | 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
- Tarsus in AugustTurkey · 25 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Adana in AugustTurkey · 64 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Silifke in AugustTurkey · 79 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AugustTurkey · 94 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AugustTurkey · 107 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AugustTurkey · 120 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kozan in AugustTurkey · 126 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Niğde in AugustTurkey · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.3 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 Mersin) is explained once on the Mersin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.