Diyarbakır weather in August

In August, Diyarbakır sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Diyarbakır's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diyarbakır's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
4:39 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
9%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Diyarbakır is city in Southeastern Anatolia, 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 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical August day in Diyarbakır reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Diyarbakır

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

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

Diyarbakır weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°9310.649.71.1
Feb10° / -0°86113.210.52.0
Mar14° / 9712.50.611.74.1
Apr20° / 9112.20136.1
May26° / 13°639.80146.8
Jun33° / 18°92.7014.64.2
Jul38° / 23°10.4014.41.3
Aug38° / 22°10.3013.51.2
Sep33° / 17°81.3012.34.6
Oct25° / 11°466.10117.5
Nov16° / 607.30.3105.5
Dec / 909.91.69.42.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Diyarbakır gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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

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Rain chance (%)
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:26 AM to 4:52 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 5:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:266:25
214.04:276:24
313.94:276:23
413.94:286:22
513.94:296:21
613.84:306:20
713.84:316:18
813.84:326:17
913.74:336:16
1013.74:346:15
1113.74:346:14
1213.64:356:13
1313.64:366:11
1413.54:376:10
1513.54:386:09
1613.54:396:08
1713.44:406:06
1813.44:416:05
1913.44:426:04
2013.34:426:02
2113.34:436:01
2213.34:445:59
2313.24:455:58
2413.24:465:57
2513.14:475:55
2613.14:485:54
2713.14:495:52
2813.04:505:51
2913.04:505:49
3012.94:515:48
3112.94:525:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.2 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 — August's 7.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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37.6Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Diyarbakır

In seasonPeak

None of Diyarbakır's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Rainy season
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Feb
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Apr
May
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Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Diyarbakır?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diyarbakır.

What to pack for Diyarbakır in August

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

In August, Diyarbakır sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Diyarbakır 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Diyarbakır 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 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).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2126 µg/m³Jul 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec17Moderate
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
16 km
285 m
80 km
2,136 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August 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
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 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).