Climate averages 1991–2020
Yüksekova 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 Yüksekova: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hakkâri (48 km away). In August its highs average 29.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Yüksekova, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Yüksekova ranks joint 100th of 138 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 138 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 138 cities is 31.1°C; Yüksekova is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.5 mm to 7.4 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
Yüksekova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 116 | 10.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 0.3°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 119 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 143 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 111 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 17.0°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 72 | 14.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 16 | 4.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 1.9 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.5 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 7.4 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 44 | 7.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 7.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.210 h |
| December | 1.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 110 | 9.8 | 9.610 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
- Hakkâri in AugustTurkey · 48 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AugustIran · 70 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Salmās in AugustIran · 81 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AugustIraq · 100 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Soran in AugustIraq · 105 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Naqadeh in AugustIran · 119 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AugustIran · 123 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Khūy in AugustIran · 123 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 Yüksekova) is explained once on the Yüksekova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.