Diyarbakır weather in April

In April, Diyarbakır sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 91 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Diyarbakır's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diyarbakır's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 91 mm; 12.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 4:50 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Diyarbakır is city in Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey.

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 18°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Diyarbakır reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 6°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)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

How April really feels in Diyarbakır

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.

Diyarbakır weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / -1°	93	10.6	4	9.7	1.1
Feb	10° / -0°	86	11	3.2	10.5	2.0
Mar	14° / 4°	97	12.5	0.6	11.7	4.1
Apr	20° / 8°	91	12.2	0	13	6.1
May	26° / 13°	63	9.8	0	14	6.8
Jun	33° / 18°	9	2.7	0	14.6	4.2
Jul	38° / 23°	1	0.4	0	14.4	1.3
Aug	38° / 22°	1	0.3	0	13.5	1.2
Sep	33° / 17°	8	1.3	0	12.3	4.6
Oct	25° / 11°	46	6.1	0	11	7.5
Nov	16° / 5°	60	7.3	0.3	10	5.5
Dec	9° / 1°	90	9.9	1.6	9.4	2.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 43%.

	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 (%)	52	53	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	59
Cloudier (%)	48	47	48	47	46	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Diyarbakır gets around 91 mm of rain over 12.2 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	39

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	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 6:02 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	12.6	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	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:03	5:02	5:00	4:59	4:57	4:56	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:40	4:39	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:34	4:32	4:31
Sunset (PM)	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:13	5:35
2	12.4	5:11	5:36
3	12.4	5:10	5:37
4	12.5	5:08	5:38
5	12.5	5:07	5:38
6	12.6	5:05	5:39
7	12.6	5:03	5:40
8	12.7	5:02	5:41
9	12.7	5:00	5:42
10	12.7	4:59	5:43
11	12.8	4:57	5:44
12	12.8	4:56	5:45
13	12.9	4:54	5:46
14	12.9	4:53	5:47
15	12.9	4:51	5:48
16	13.0	4:50	5:49
17	13.0	4:49	5:50
18	13.1	4:47	5:51
19	13.1	4:46	5:52
20	13.1	4:44	5:52
21	13.2	4:43	5:53
22	13.2	4:42	5:54
23	13.3	4:40	5:55
24	13.3	4:39	5:56
25	13.3	4:37	5:57
26	13.4	4:36	5:58
27	13.4	4:35	5:59
28	13.4	4:34	6:00
29	13.5	4:32	6:01
30	13.5	4:31	6:02

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.76 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)	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.1	Intense
25	6.1	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Diyarbakır

In seasonPeak

In April, Diyarbakır sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Diyarbakır's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Diyarbakır?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Diyarbakır for sightseeing.

What to pack for Diyarbakır in April

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

In April, Diyarbakır sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Diyarbakır 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 Diyarbakır peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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	3	6	8	10	8	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Diyarbakır 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 Diyarbakır is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 16 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)	19	22	26	25	26	20	16	18	20	24	18	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Diyarbakır?

Diyarbakır sits at 37.9°N, 40.2°E, 674 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bismil, 40 km away.

Topography around Diyarbakır

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diyarbakır has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 659 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 285 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,136 m.

The land around Diyarbakır is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%) and grassland (47%) within 80 km.

3 km

145 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

285 m

cropland 75%

80 km

2,136 m

cropland 49%

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

April weather nearby: Bismil 40 km · Ergani 57 km · Lice 71 km · Çermik 72 km · Silvan 74 km · Batman 80 km · Siverek 81 km · Mardin 81 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 Diyarbakır (37.9136°, 40.2172°, elevation 674 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	17	6
2	17	6
3	18	6
4	18	6
5	18	6
6	18	7
7	18	7
8	19	7
9	19	7
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	19	8
14	20	8
15	20	8
16	20	8
17	20	8
18	20	8
19	20	8
20	21	8
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	21	9
24	21	9
25	21	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	22	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	53	47
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	57	43
10	57	43
11	58	42
12	58	42
13	59	41
14	59	41
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	59	41
30	59	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	43
3	43
4	43
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	41
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	40
14	40
15	40
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	96	4