Hilvan weather in February

In February, Hilvan sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Hilvan's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hilvan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 1°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 88 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 36 min; 6:22 AM – 4:56 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 11th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Hilvan is district of Şanlıurfa, southeastern Turkey.

Density: 15/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1926

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical February day in Hilvan reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 5°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	0
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	10	0
6	10	0
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	11	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	2
22	12	2
23	12	2
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	13	3
27	13	3
28	13	3

How February really feels in Hilvan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Hilvan weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-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	9° / 0°	98	10.9	1.9	9.7	1.9
Feb	11° / 1°	88	10.7	1.7	10.6	2.7
Mar	16° / 5°	79	10.7	0.2	11.7	4.9
Apr	21° / 9°	69	9.6	0	12.9	6.7
May	27° / 14°	44	7.1	0	14	6.9
Jun	34° / 20°	6	1.6	0	14.5	3.8
Jul	38° / 24°	1	0.3	0	14.3	1.1
Aug	38° / 24°	1	0.3	0	13.4	1.2
Sep	33° / 19°	7	1.3	0	12.3	4.5
Oct	26° / 13°	51	6.5	0	11	7.3
Nov	17° / 6°	64	7.5	0.3	10	6.0
Dec	11° / 2°	89	10.7	0.7	9.5	2.8

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	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
Clearer (%)	48	48	48	49	49	49	48	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	50	50	52	52	52	54	54
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	51	51	51	52	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	50	50	48	48	48	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	54	46
28	54	46

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Hilvan gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38
Snow chance (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	8
2	37	8
3	37	8
4	36	7
5	36	7
6	36	7
7	36	7
8	36	6
9	37	6
10	37	6
11	38	6
12	38	6
13	39	6
14	40	6
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	41	6
18	41	6
19	42	6
20	42	6
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	5
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	39	4
27	39	4
28	38	4

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of February to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 60 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 5:09 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
Daylight (h)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:35	4:40
2	10.1	6:34	4:41
3	10.1	6:34	4:42
4	10.2	6:33	4:44
5	10.2	6:32	4:45
6	10.2	6:31	4:46
7	10.3	6:30	4:47
8	10.3	6:29	4:48
9	10.3	6:28	4:49
10	10.4	6:27	4:50
11	10.4	6:26	4:51
12	10.5	6:25	4:52
13	10.5	6:24	4:53
14	10.5	6:23	4:54
15	10.6	6:22	4:56
16	10.6	6:21	4:57
17	10.6	6:20	4:58
18	10.7	6:19	4:59
19	10.7	6:17	5:00
20	10.7	6:16	5:01
21	10.8	6:15	5:02
22	10.8	6:14	5:03
23	10.9	6:13	5:04
24	10.9	6:11	5:05
25	10.9	6:10	5:06
26	11.0	6:09	5:07
27	11.0	6:07	5:08
28	11.1	6:06	5:09

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 3.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 3.29 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.3	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Hilvan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Hilvan?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hilvan.

What to pack for Hilvan in February

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

In February, Hilvan sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Hilvan in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hilvan peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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	7	8	10	10	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	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Hilvan in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Hilvan is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Hilvan?

Hilvan sits at 37.6°N, 39.0°E, 590 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Kahta, 37 km away.

Topography around Hilvan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hilvan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 597 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,211 m.

The land around Hilvan is covered by cropland (83%) within 3 km, cropland (72%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (44%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

cropland 83%

16 km

302 m

cropland 72%

80 km

2,211 m

cropland 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← January Hilvan year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Kahta 37 km · Siverek 37 km · Bozova 45 km · Urfa 49 km · Adıyaman 63 km · Altınşehir 66 km · Çermik 75 km · Viranşehir 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 Hilvan (37.5869°, 38.955°, elevation 590 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	9	0
2	9	0
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	10	0
6	10	0
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	11	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	2
22	12	2
23	12	2
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	13	3
27	13	3
28	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	54	46
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	8
2	37	8
3	37	8
4	36	7
5	36	7
6	36	7
7	36	7
8	36	6
9	37	6
10	37	6
11	38	6
12	38	6
13	39	6
14	40	6
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	41	6
18	41	6
19	42	6
20	42	6
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	5
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	39	4
27	39	4
28	38	4

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	0
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	10	0
6	10	0
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	11	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	2
22	12	2
23	12	2
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	13	3
27	13	3
28	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	54	46
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	8
2	37	8
3	37	8
4	36	7
5	36	7
6	36	7
7	36	7
8	36	6
9	37	6
10	37	6
11	38	6
12	38	6
13	39	6
14	40	6
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	41	6
18	41	6
19	42	6
20	42	6
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	5
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	39	4
27	39	4
28	38	4

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	0
3	9	0
4	9	0
5	10	0
6	10	0
7	10	1
8	10	1
9	10	1
10	10	1
11	10	1
12	10	1
13	11	1
14	11	1
15	11	1
16	11	1
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	12	2
20	12	2
21	12	2
22	12	2
23	12	2
24	13	3
25	13	3
26	13	3
27	13	3
28	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	48	52
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	49	51
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	52	48
27	54	46
28	54	46

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	37	8
2	37	8
3	37	8
4	36	7
5	36	7
6	36	7
7	36	7
8	36	6
9	37	6
10	37	6
11	38	6
12	38	6
13	39	6
14	40	6
15	40	6
16	41	6
17	41	6
18	41	6
19	42	6
20	42	6
21	41	6
22	41	6
23	41	5
24	40	5
25	40	5
26	39	4
27	39	4
28	38	4

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