Climate averages 1991–2020
Şanlıurfa weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Şanlıurfa: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suruç (39 km away). In February its highs average 11.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Şanlıurfa, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Şanlıurfa ranks 36th of 138 for the warmest February highs and joint 75th of 138 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 138 cities is 8.8°C; Şanlıurfa is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Suruç in FebruaryTurkey · 39 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Kâhta in FebruaryTurkey · 70 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Siverek in FebruaryTurkey · 80 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Adıyaman in FebruaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Viranşehir in FebruaryTurkey · 85 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Nizip in FebruaryTurkey · 90 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Manbij in FebruarySyria · 103 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Gaziantep in FebruaryTurkey · 126 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.1°C · 66 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.