Climate averages 1991–2020
Niğde weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Niğde: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aksaray (73 km away). In August its highs average 31.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Niğde, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Niğde ranks joint 86th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 59th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Niğde is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.3 mm to 17 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
Niğde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.7°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 58 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 63 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 73 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 47 | 9.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 9.4 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 29.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 6.3 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 27 | 5.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 36 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.2°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 48 | 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
- Aksaray in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Nevşehir in AugustTurkey · 73 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AugustTurkey · 75 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kayseri in AugustTurkey · 110 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Kozan in AugustTurkey · 115 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Tarsus in AugustTurkey · 118 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Adana in AugustTurkey · 123 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mersin in AugustTurkey · 128 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.3 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 Niğde) is explained once on the Niğde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.