Climate averages 1991–2020
Suruç weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Suruç: daytime highs average 38.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şanlıurfa (39 km away). In August its highs average 38.6°C, about as warm as Suruç, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Suruç ranks joint 3rd of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Suruç is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.2 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
Suruç climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 60 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 46 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.5°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 32 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 4.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 38.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 38 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 8.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Şanlıurfa in AugustTurkey · 39 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Nizip in AugustTurkey · 56 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Manbij in AugustSyria · 65 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Adıyaman in AugustTurkey · 89 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kâhta in AugustTurkey · 92 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Gaziantep in AugustTurkey · 93 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Bāb in AugustSyria · 105 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Siverek in AugustTurkey · 117 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 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 Suruç) is explained once on the Suruç year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.