Climate averages 1991–2020
Silopi weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Silopi: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaxo (22 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Silopi, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Silopi ranks joint 10th of 138 for the warmest October highs and joint 19th of 138 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 138 cities is 21.4°C; Silopi is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 9.0°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Zaxo in OctoberIraq · 22 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Cizre in OctoberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Sumayl in OctoberIraq · 55 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Simele in OctoberIraq · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Dihok in OctoberIraq · 63 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 13.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Sīnah in OctoberIraq · 70 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Siirt in OctoberTurkey · 89 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Midyat in OctoberTurkey · 101 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 49 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.