Climate averages 1991–2020
Siirt weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Siirt: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tatvan (69 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, 5.8°C cooler than Siirt, with 4.5 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Siirt ranks joint 29th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 10th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Siirt is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 6.2 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
Siirt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 112 | 12.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.1°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 118 | 11.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 134 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 114 | 13.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 60 | 9.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 5.9 | 1.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 34.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 6.2 | 1.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 46 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 74 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.610 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
- Tatvan in AugustTurkey · 69 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Cizre in AugustTurkey · 70 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Batman in AugustTurkey · 71 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 78 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Silopi in AugustTurkey · 89 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Muş in AugustTurkey · 98 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Zaxo in AugustIraq · 109 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bismil in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.5 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 Siirt) is explained once on the Siirt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.