Çerkeş weather in August

In August, Çerkeş sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 36 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Çerkeş's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Çerkeş's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:03 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Çerkeş is district in Çankırı Province, Turkey.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Çerkeş reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Çerkeş

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Çerkeş weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°5610.5109.40.0
Feb / -5°5510.38.510.40.0
Mar / -2°7313.4811.71.1
Apr13° / 8215.72.713.13.2
May18° / 10416.90.114.24.9
Jun21° / 10°8713.7014.96.2
Jul25° / 12°346.9014.67.9
Aug26° / 13°367.4013.67.8
Sep22° / 386.6012.37.6
Oct16° / 508.90.610.95.5
Nov10° / 437.63.29.72.2
Dec / -3°6110.27.29.10.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2928
3928
4928
5928
6919
7919
8919
9919
10919
11919
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Çerkeş gets around 36 mm of rain over 7.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 23% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
123
223
323
423
523
623
723
823
923
1023
1123
1223
1323
1423
1523
1623
1723
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2123
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2324
2423
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
165287
264297
365296
465296
566286
667285
767285
869274
969274
1071263
1172262
1273252
1374242
1475241
1576231
1677221
1778211
1879201
1979201
2080191
2181181
2282171
2383161
2483161
2584151
2685141
2786131
2887121
2988111
3088111
3189101

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 72 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:48 AM to 5:19 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:18 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:487:01
214.24:496:59
314.14:506:58
414.14:516:57
514.14:526:56
614.04:536:55
714.04:546:54
814.04:556:52
913.94:566:51
1013.94:576:50
1113.84:586:49
1213.84:596:47
1313.85:006:46
1413.75:016:45
1513.75:026:43
1613.65:036:42
1713.65:046:40
1813.65:056:39
1913.55:066:37
2013.55:076:36
2113.45:086:34
2213.45:096:33
2313.35:106:31
2413.35:116:30
2513.35:126:28
2613.25:136:27
2713.25:146:25
2813.15:166:23
2913.15:176:22
3013.05:186:20
3113.05:196:18

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
26.8Intense
36.7Intense
46.7Intense
56.7Intense
66.7Intense
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96.6Intense
106.6Intense
116.5Intense
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246.0Intense
256.0Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.8Bright
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305.8Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Çerkeş?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Çerkeş in August

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

In August, Çerkeş sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Çerkeş in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Çerkeş peaks around August 11 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateAug 11UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Çerkeş in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Çerkeş is worst in May — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMay 1118 µg/m³Jan 1111 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep12Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Çerkeş?

Çerkeş sits at 40.8°N, 32.9°E, 1,133 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Kızılcahamam, 43 km away.

Topography around Çerkeş

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Çerkeş has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 1,157 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,007 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,324 m.

The land around Çerkeş is covered by cropland (71%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
1,007 m
80 km
2,324 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Kızılcahamam 43 km · Karabük 49 km · Safranbolu 52 km · Gerede 59 km · Çubuk 65 km · Çankırı 65 km · Kazan 67 km · Akyurt 77 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 Çerkeş (40.8116°, 32.8936°, elevation 1,133 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).