Kovancılar weather in July

In July, Kovancılar sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 3 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kovancılar's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kovancılar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 30 min
4:12 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
12%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Kovancılar is district of Elazığ, Turkey.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical July day in Kovancılar reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 5°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Kovancılar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kovancılar weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July 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 / -5°9910.89.39.60.0
Feb / -4°9211.28.410.50.2
Mar10° / 107134.411.72.2
Apr16° / 11014.30.6134.6
May22° / 10°8111.4014.16.7
Jun29° / 15°154.1014.76.7
Jul34° / 20°31.2014.44.1
Aug34° / 20°30.8013.54.0
Sep29° / 15°132.1012.37.1
Oct21° / 567.10117.4
Nov12° / 717.81.59.93.5
Dec / -3°9510.56.29.30.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1982
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
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10991
11991
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14982
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kovancılar gets around 3 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
25
35
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54
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74
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103
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314

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July 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 (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
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9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
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20991
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22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29982
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Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of July to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:04 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.74:046:44
214.74:046:44
314.74:046:44
414.74:056:44
514.64:056:44
614.64:066:44
714.64:076:43
814.64:076:43
914.64:086:43
1014.64:086:43
1114.64:096:42
1214.54:106:42
1314.54:106:41
1414.54:116:41
1514.54:126:40
1614.54:126:40
1714.44:136:39
1814.44:146:39
1914.44:156:38
2014.44:156:38
2114.34:166:37
2214.34:176:36
2314.34:186:36
2414.34:196:35
2514.24:196:34
2614.24:206:33
2714.24:216:32
2814.24:226:32
2914.14:236:31
3014.14:246:30
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.88 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 7.88 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.0Intense
28.0Intense
38.0Intense
48.0Intense
58.0Intense
68.0Intense
78.0Intense
88.0Intense
98.0Intense
108.0Intense
118.0Intense
128.0Intense
137.9Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kovancılar

In seasonPeak

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

Kovancılar'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 July a good time to visit Kovancılar?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kovancılar in July

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

In July, Kovancılar sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kovancılar in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Kovancılar peaks around August 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highModerateAug 14UV 10Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Kovancılar in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kovancılar is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1222 µg/m³Dec 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kovancılar?

Kovancılar sits at 38.7°N, 39.9°E, 971 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Karakoçan, 30 km away.

Topography around Kovancılar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kovancılar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m around an average of 1,005 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,195 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,517 m.

The land around Kovancılar is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
474 m
16 km
1,195 m
80 km
2,517 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Karakoçan 30 km · Tunceli 51 km · Ergani 51 km · Elazığ 56 km · Bingöl 58 km · Genç 60 km · Lice 73 km · Çermik 74 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 Kovancılar (38.7188°, 39.8627°, elevation 971 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).