Climate averages 1991–2020
Silifke weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd 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 Silifke: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly 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 Mersin (79 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, 2.2°C cooler than Silifke, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silifke ranks joint 18th of 138 for the warmest September highs and 83rd of 138 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 138 cities is 27.1°C; Silifke is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 37 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
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 | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 23 | 7.4 | 13.514 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mersin in SeptemberTurkey · 79 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tarsus in SeptemberTurkey · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Karaman in SeptemberTurkey · 110 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 8.1 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in SeptemberTurkey · 127 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Adana in SeptemberTurkey · 141 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Nicosia in SeptemberCyprus · 144 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Larnaca in SeptemberCyprus · 164 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Alanya in SeptemberTurkey · 174 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 22 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.