Gebze weather in August

In August, Gebze sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Gebze's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gebze's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
4.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:17 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
22%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Gebze is district and town of Kocaeli 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 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical August day in Gebze reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Gebze

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.

Gebze 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 / 8011.84.59.41.4
Feb10° / 6610.93.710.42.0
Mar12° / 7611.3211.73.2
Apr17° / 5490.213.15.6
May22° / 12°447.4014.27.3
Jun26° / 17°477.1014.97.5
Jul29° / 19°294.4014.66.8
Aug29° / 20°274.1013.66.7
Sep26° / 16°456.5012.37.8
Oct20° / 13°628.9010.96.7
Nov15° / 628.80.49.74.7
Dec10° / 8711.62.69.12.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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2937
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6928
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9919
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gebze gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.1 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 13% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:02 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:027:14
214.25:037:13
314.15:047:12
414.15:057:11
514.15:067:10
614.05:077:09
714.05:087:08
814.05:097:06
913.95:107:05
1013.95:117:04
1113.85:127:02
1213.85:137:01
1313.85:147:00
1413.75:156:58
1513.75:166:57
1613.65:176:56
1713.65:186:54
1813.65:196:53
1913.55:206:51
2013.55:216:50
2113.45:226:48
2213.45:236:47
2313.35:246:45
2413.35:256:44
2513.35:266:42
2613.25:276:40
2713.25:286:39
2813.15:296:37
2913.15:306:36
3013.05:316:34
3113.05:326:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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166.0Bright
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Gebze?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Gebze for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gebze in August

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

In August, Gebze sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Gebze in August

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 12 to Oct 6 — about 3.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr11Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug24Warm
Sep22Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov15Cool
Dec12Bracing

UV index in Gebze in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Gebze peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highModerateLowJun 23UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Gebze 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 Gebze is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 2317 µg/m³Dec 1810 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb14Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep10Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gebze?

Gebze sits at 40.8°N, 29.4°E, 182 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Karamürsel, 20 km away.

Topography around Gebze

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gebze has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,295 m.

The land around Gebze is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, water (34%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
296 m
16 km
422 m
80 km
2,295 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Karamürsel 20 km · Yalova 21 km · Sultanbeyli 22 km · Maltepe 27 km · Sancaktepe 28 km · Körfez 30 km · Derince 33 km · Ataşehir 33 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 Gebze (40.8028°, 29.4307°, elevation 182 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).