Akçakale weather in April

In April, Akçakale sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 27 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Akçakale's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akçakale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 4:56 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Akçakale is district and town of Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

Density: 16,452/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical April day in Akçakale reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	25	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	12
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	27	13
28	27	13
29	27	13
30	27	14

How April really feels in Akçakale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Akçakale weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 2°	50	9.3	9.8	3.2
Feb	14° / 4°	43	8.2	10.6	4.2
Mar	19° / 7°	38	7.2	11.7	6.6
Apr	24° / 12°	27	5.4	12.9	7.7
May	31° / 17°	16	3.4	13.9	5.5
Jun	37° / 22°	2	0.7	14.5	1.9
Jul	41° / 26°	0	0.1	14.3	0.0
Aug	40° / 26°	0	0.1	13.4	0.2
Sep	35° / 21°	2	0.5	12.2	3.2
Oct	29° / 15°	23	3.2	11.1	6.9
Nov	20° / 8°	33	5	10	7.2
Dec	13° / 4°	46	8.2	9.5	4.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	59	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70
Cloudier (%)	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Akçakale gets around 27 mm of rain over 5.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	23
3	23
4	22
5	22
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 6:05 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:12	5:11	5:09	5:08	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:39	4:38
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:18	5:39
2	12.4	5:17	5:40
3	12.4	5:15	5:41
4	12.5	5:14	5:42
5	12.5	5:12	5:43
6	12.5	5:11	5:44
7	12.6	5:09	5:45
8	12.6	5:08	5:46
9	12.7	5:06	5:46
10	12.7	5:05	5:47
11	12.7	5:03	5:48
12	12.8	5:02	5:49
13	12.8	5:01	5:50
14	12.9	4:59	5:51
15	12.9	4:58	5:52
16	12.9	4:56	5:53
17	13.0	4:55	5:53
18	13.0	4:54	5:54
19	13.1	4:52	5:55
20	13.1	4:51	5:56
21	13.1	4:49	5:57
22	13.2	4:48	5:58
23	13.2	4:47	5:59
24	13.2	4:46	6:00
25	13.3	4:44	6:01
26	13.3	4:43	6:01
27	13.3	4:42	6:02
28	13.4	4:41	6:03
29	13.4	4:39	6:04
30	13.4	4:38	6:05

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.4	Intense
20	6.4	Intense
21	6.5	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.6	Intense
25	6.6	Intense
26	6.6	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Akçakale?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Akçakale for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Akçakale in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Akçakale sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Akçakale in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akçakale peaks around June 19 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	10	9	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Akçakale in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Akçakale is worst in March — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	23	26	32	29	28	25	18	20	24	25	25	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Akçakale?

Akçakale sits at 36.7°N, 38.9°E, 361 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Urfa, 53 km away.

Topography around Akçakale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Akçakale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akçakale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m.

The land around Akçakale is covered by cropland (55%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (83%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

cropland 55%

16 km

113 m

cropland 83%

80 km

700 m

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Akçakale year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Urfa 53 km · Suruç 55 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 57 km · Bozova 81 km · Jarābulus 84 km · Ar Raqqah 84 km · Manbij 91 km · Viranşehir 92 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Akçakale (36.7111°, 38.9475°, elevation 361 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	25	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	12
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	27	13
28	27	13
29	27	13
30	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	23
3	23
4	22
5	22
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	25	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	12
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	27	13
28	27	13
29	27	13
30	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	23
3	23
4	22
5	22
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	9
2	22	10
3	22	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	25	12
17	25	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	12
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	26	13
27	27	13
28	27	13
29	27	13
30	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	60	40
3	60	40
4	61	39
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	64	36
8	65	35
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	69	31
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	70	30
30	70	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	23
3	23
4	22
5	22
6	21
7	21
8	20
9	20
10	19
11	19
12	19
13	18
14	18
15	18
16	17
17	17
18	17
19	16
20	16
21	16
22	16
23	16
24	16
25	15
26	15
27	15
28	15
29	15
30	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3