Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Silopi: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In August its highs average 38.9°C, about as warm as Silopi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks 7th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 2nd of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Silopi is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 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
Silopi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 105 | 10.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 99 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 105 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 33 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 38.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 28 | 3.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 62 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 98 | 9.5 | 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
- Zaxo in AugustIraq · 22 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Cizre in AugustTurkey · 26 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sumayl in AugustIraq · 55 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Simele in AugustIraq · 55 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dihok in AugustIraq · 63 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Sīnah in AugustIraq · 70 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Siirt in AugustTurkey · 89 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Midyat in AugustTurkey · 101 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 1.4 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 Silopi) is explained once on the Silopi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.