Climate averages 1991–2020
Sivas weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sivas: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokat (74 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sivas, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Sivas ranks joint 113th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 51st of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Sivas is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.4 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Sivas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August, selected | 27.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Tokat in AugustTurkey · 74 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Turhal in AugustTurkey · 107 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Amasya in AugustTurkey · 142 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Fatsa in AugustTurkey · 148 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Ordu in AugustTurkey · 155 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Ünye in AugustTurkey · 157 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Elbistan in AugustTurkey · 172 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kayseri in AugustTurkey · 174 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.4 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 Sivas) is explained once on the Sivas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.