Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in January.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Silopi: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In January its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Silopi, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks joint 37th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 105th of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Silopi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zaxo in JanuaryIraq · 22 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Cizre in JanuaryTurkey · 26 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Sumayl in JanuaryIraq · 55 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 83 mm rain
- Simele in JanuaryIraq · 55 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Dihok in JanuaryIraq · 63 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Sīnah in JanuaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Siirt in JanuaryTurkey · 89 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Midyat in JanuaryTurkey · 101 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -1.1°C · 88 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.