Climate averages 1991–2020
Van weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Van: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.6 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 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Erciş (59 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Van, with 6.2 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Van ranks 98th of 138 for the warmest August highs and 64th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Van is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 12 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
Van climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 33 | 7.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.5°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 34 | 8.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 56 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 61 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 17.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 58 | 14.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 27 | 7.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 12 | 3.3 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.6 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 32 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 33 | 6.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 3.0°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 9.510 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
- Erciş in AugustTurkey · 59 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Patnos in AugustTurkey · 93 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Tatvan in AugustTurkey · 96 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Hakkâri in AugustTurkey · 107 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Salmās in AugustIran · 125 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Yüksekova in AugustTurkey · 129 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in AugustTurkey · 132 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Khūy in AugustIran · 137 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 5.6 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 Van) is explained once on the Van year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.