Akçakale weather in July

In July, Akçakale sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Akçakale's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akçakale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
4:21 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
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.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical July day in Akçakale reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 4°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Akçakale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Akçakale weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 509.39.83.2
Feb14° / 438.210.64.2
Mar19° / 387.211.76.6
Apr24° / 12°275.412.97.7
May31° / 17°163.413.95.5
Jun37° / 22°20.714.51.9
Jul41° / 26°00.114.30.0
Aug40° / 26°00.113.40.2
Sep35° / 21°20.512.23.2
Oct29° / 15°233.211.16.9
Nov20° / 335107.2
Dec13° / 468.29.54.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
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31000
41000
51000
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71000
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Akçakale gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1851410
2841510
3841510
4831610
5811720
6801820
7791830
8781930
9762040
10752140
11732250
12722260
13712360
14692470
15692470
16682480
17662590
18662590
196525100
206525100
216426100
226326110
236326110
246226111
256226111
266226111
276126121
286126121
296026131
305827141
315827141

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 min at the start of July to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:13 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.54:136:42
214.54:136:42
314.54:146:42
414.54:146:42
514.44:156:42
614.44:156:42
714.44:166:41
814.44:166:41
914.44:176:41
1014.44:186:41
1114.44:186:40
1214.44:196:40
1314.34:196:40
1414.34:206:39
1514.34:216:39
1614.34:216:38
1714.34:226:38
1814.24:236:37
1914.24:236:37
2014.24:246:36
2114.24:256:36
2214.24:266:35
2314.14:266:34
2414.14:276:34
2514.14:286:33
2614.14:296:32
2714.04:296:31
2814.04:306:31
2914.04:316:30
3014.04:326:29
3113.94:336:28

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.96 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 — July's 7.96 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.1Intense
28.1Intense
38.1Intense
48.1Intense
58.1Intense
68.1Intense
78.1Intense
88.1Intense
98.1Intense
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287.8Intense
297.7Intense
307.7Intense
317.7Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Akçakale?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Akçakale.

What to pack for Akçakale in July

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

In July, Akçakale sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Akçakale in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 19UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Akçakale in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July 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).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1932 µg/m³Jul 2018 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec23Moderate
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
16 km
113 m
80 km
700 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July 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
Muslim 100%other 0%

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).