Climate averages 1991–2020
Silifke weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Silifke: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (79 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Silifke, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silifke ranks joint 36th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 110th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Silifke is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 25 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
Silifke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 97 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 68 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 56 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 50 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 58 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 41 | 9.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 19 | 5.2 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 25 | 6.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 5.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 15.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 119 | 9.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Mersin in AugustTurkey · 79 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Tarsus in AugustTurkey · 104 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Karaman in AugustTurkey · 110 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AugustTurkey · 127 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Adana in AugustTurkey · 141 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Nicosia in AugustCyprus · 144 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Larnaca in AugustCyprus · 164 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Alanya in AugustTurkey · 174 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 11 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 Silifke) is explained once on the Silifke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.