Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarsus weather
in August.
A 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.
August is a hot month in Tarsus: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mersin (25 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Tarsus, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Tarsus ranks joint 48th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 54th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Tarsus is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.7 mm to 11 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
Tarsus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 89 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 64 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 38 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 27 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 65 | 5.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 117 | 8.8 | 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
- Mersin in AugustTurkey · 25 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Adana in AugustTurkey · 39 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Ceyhan in AugustTurkey · 83 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Ereğli (Konya), Turkey in AugustTurkey · 100 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kozan in AugustTurkey · 101 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Silifke in AugustTurkey · 104 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Arsuz (approximate) in AugustTurkey · 105 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Niğde in AugustTurkey · 118 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 6.3 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 Tarsus) is explained once on the Tarsus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.