Climate averages 1991–2020
Şanlıurfa weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Şanlıurfa: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suruç (39 km away). In April its highs average 22.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Şanlıurfa, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Şanlıurfa ranks joint 7th of 138 for the warmest April highs and joint 51st of 138 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 138 cities is 17.3°C; Şanlıurfa is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Şanlıurfa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 85 | 10.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.1°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 73 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.9°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 65 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 21.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 37 | 6.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 38.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 5.5 | 1.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 55 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 79 | 10.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Suruç in AprilTurkey · 39 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Kâhta in AprilTurkey · 70 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Siverek in AprilTurkey · 80 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AprilTurkey · 81 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Viranşehir in AprilTurkey · 85 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nizip in AprilTurkey · 90 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 8.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Manbij in AprilSyria · 103 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AprilTurkey · 126 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 42 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 Şanlıurfa) is explained once on the Şanlıurfa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.