Climate averages 1991–2020
Şanlıurfa weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Şanlıurfa: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suruç (39 km away). In July its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Şanlıurfa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Şanlıurfa ranks joint 6th of 138 for the warmest July highs and joint 12th of 138 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 138 cities is 30.9°C; Şanlıurfa is 8.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Suruç in JulyTurkey · 39 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kâhta in JulyTurkey · 70 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Siverek in JulyTurkey · 80 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Adıyaman in JulyTurkey · 81 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Viranşehir in JulyTurkey · 85 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nizip in JulyTurkey · 90 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Manbij in JulySyria · 103 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Gaziantep in JulyTurkey · 126 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 1.5 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.