Climate averages 1991–2020
Şanlıurfa weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Şanlıurfa: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suruç (39 km away). In September its highs average 33.8°C, about as warm as Şanlıurfa, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Şanlıurfa ranks 6th of 138 for the warmest September highs and 13th of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; Şanlıurfa is 6.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Suruç in SeptemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kâhta in SeptemberTurkey · 70 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Siverek in SeptemberTurkey · 80 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Adıyaman in SeptemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Viranşehir in SeptemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Nizip in SeptemberTurkey · 90 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Manbij in SeptemberSyria · 103 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Gaziantep in SeptemberTurkey · 126 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 4.3 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 Şanlıurfa) is explained once on the Şanlıurfa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.