Climate averages 1991–2020
Midyat 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 Midyat: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (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 Al Qāmishlī (42 km away). In August its highs average 39.4°C, 2.6°C warmer than Midyat, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Midyat ranks joint 12th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 18th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Midyat is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 6.6 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
Midyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 88 | 12.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 8.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 89 | 11.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 106 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 98 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 66 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 8.9 | 2.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 37.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 36.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.4 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 31.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 6.6 | 1.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 8.0 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 83 | 10.4 | 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
- Al Qāmishlī in AugustSyria · 42 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mardin in AugustTurkey · 54 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 55 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in AugustTurkey · 72 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Cizre in AugustTurkey · 75 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bismil in AugustTurkey · 76 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Siirt in AugustTurkey · 78 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Silopi in AugustTurkey · 101 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.3 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 Midyat) is explained once on the Midyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.