Climate averages 1991–2020
Soma weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Soma: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.0 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 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akhisar (36 km away). In August its highs average 34.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Soma, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Soma ranks joint 52nd of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 49th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Soma is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 27 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
Soma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 97 | 10.1 | 9.710 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 96 | 10.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 82 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 69 | 8.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 47 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 24 | 5.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 31.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.6 | 1.7 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 31.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 5.0 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 27 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 64 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 15.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 85 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 96 | 10.6 | 9.59 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
- Akhisar in AugustTurkey · 36 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Balıkesir in AugustTurkey · 57 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Manisa in AugustTurkey · 66 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Turgutlu in AugustTurkey · 77 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Ayvalık in AugustTurkey · 80 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Bornova in AugustTurkey · 85 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Salihli in AugustTurkey · 91 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Karşıyaka in AugustTurkey · 92 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.0 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 Soma) is explained once on the Soma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.