Kızıltepe weather in August

In August, Kızıltepe sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-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 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kızıltepe's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kızıltepe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:39 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
5%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Kızıltepe is District and town in Mardin Province, Turkey.

Density
106/km²
people per km²

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 Kızıltepe reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 15°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Kızıltepe

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Kızıltepe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 689.61.69.71.9
Feb11° / 659.51.510.62.8
Mar16° / 599.20.211.75.0
Apr21° / 427.4012.97.0
May28° / 14°285.10147.0
Jun35° / 20°20.8014.53.7
Jul38° / 24°00.1014.31.1
Aug38° / 23°00.1013.41.4
Sep33° / 18°20.4012.34.7
Oct26° / 13°223.40117.8
Nov17° / 395.40.2106.3
Dec11° / 638.90.79.52.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
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41000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kızıltepe gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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41
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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19190
29190
39190
49190
59190
69190
79190
89190
99190
109190
119190
129280
139280
149280
159370
169370
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229361
239451
249451
259451
269541
279640
289640
299730
309730
319730

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:26 AM to 4:51 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:266:22
213.94:276:21
313.94:286:20
413.84:286:19
513.84:296:18
613.84:306:17
713.74:316:16
813.74:326:14
913.74:336:13
1013.64:336:12
1113.64:346:11
1213.64:356:10
1313.54:366:09
1413.54:376:07
1513.54:386:06
1613.44:396:05
1713.44:396:04
1813.44:406:02
1913.34:416:01
2013.34:426:00
2113.34:435:58
2213.24:445:57
2313.24:455:56
2413.14:455:54
2513.14:465:53
2613.14:475:51
2713.04:485:50
2813.04:495:48
2913.04:505:47
3012.94:515:45
3112.94:515:44

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
77.5Intense
87.5Intense
97.4Intense
107.4Intense
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286.8Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kızıltepe?

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

1.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kızıltepe.

What to pack for Kızıltepe in August

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

In August, Kızıltepe sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kızıltepe 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 Kızıltepe peaks around June 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Kızıltepe 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 Kızıltepe is worst in March — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2028 µg/m³Jul 2118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kızıltepe?

Kızıltepe sits at 37.2°N, 40.6°E, 480 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Ad Darbāsīyah, 14 km away.

Topography around Kızıltepe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kızıltepe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 479 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 813 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m.

The land around Kızıltepe is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
813 m
80 km
1,454 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Ad Darbāsīyah 14 km · Mardin 20 km · Yeşilli 27 km · ‘Āmūdā 33 km · Nusaybin 58 km · Al Qāmishlī 60 km · Ceylanpınar 60 km · Midyat 72 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 Kızıltepe (37.1884°, 40.5772°, elevation 480 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).