Climate averages 1991–2020
Samsun weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Samsun: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bafra (48 km away). In August its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Samsun, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Samsun ranks 129th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 122nd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Samsun is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 65 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
Samsun climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 82 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| February | 9.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 73 | 12.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 92 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 12.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 79 | 12.9 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 35 | 7.3 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 65 | 9.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 89 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| December | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 9.39 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
- Bafra in AugustTurkey · 48 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Ünye in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Amasya in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Fatsa in AugustTurkey · 101 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Turhal in AugustTurkey · 102 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Tokat in AugustTurkey · 109 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Ordu in AugustTurkey · 134 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Çorum in AugustTurkey · 142 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 14 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 Samsun) is explained once on the Samsun year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.