Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Silopi: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In July its highs average 39.4°C, about as warm as Silopi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks 3rd of 138 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 138 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 138 cities is 30.9°C; Silopi is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 38.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Zaxo in JulyIraq · 22 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Cizre in JulyTurkey · 26 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sumayl in JulyIraq · 55 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Simele in JulyIraq · 55 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Dihok in JulyIraq · 63 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Sīnah in JulyIraq · 70 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Siirt in JulyTurkey · 89 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Midyat in JulyTurkey · 101 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.0 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.