Climate and average weather in Malazgirt

In Malazgirt, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late August to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Malazgirt typically varies from -10°C to 31°C, and is rarely below -20°C or above 35°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Malazgirt for warm-weather activities are from late May to early July and late August to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
-10°
Wettest
Apr
82 mm
Driest
Aug
4 mm
Rain / yr
466 mm
88 wet days
Daylight
9.2–14.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,510 m
39.1°N
Clearest
Aug
15% cloud

Malazgirt is town in Muş Province, Turkey.

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

Malazgirt weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late August to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Malazgirt, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from June 5 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 24°C. The hottest month of the year in Malazgirt is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 27 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 7°C. The coldest month of the year in Malazgirt is January, with an average low of -10°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 17°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-10
Feb3-8
Mar8-3
Apr142
May196
Jun2610
Jul3014
Aug3114
Sep269
Oct184
Nov9-2
Dec3-8

How hot and cold Malazgirt really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -14°C (around January 17), with roughly 169 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 71 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-13-10
Feb33-12-8
Mar88-6-3
Apr141402
May191956
Jun26261010
Jul30301414
Aug31311414
Sep262699
Oct181834
Nov99-4-2
Dec33-10-8

Average hourly temperature in Malazgirt

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -10°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Malazgirt weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -10°397.57.79.60.0
Feb / -8°428.67.910.50.0
Mar / -3°6711.96.711.71.3
Apr14° / 8214.71.8133.7
May19° / 6913.5014.15.9
Jun26° / 10°266.1014.77.8
Jul30° / 14°82.5014.56.3
Aug31° / 14°41.3013.56.2
Sep26° / 112.1012.38.5
Oct18° / 356.20.2116.6
Nov / -2°406.32.39.92.3
Dec / -8°447.46.39.30.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Malazgirt gets about 466 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around Jan 24 to Jun 9, peaking in May at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 11.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 82 mm over about 15 wet days; August is the driest, with 4 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 1 · 52%Aug 11 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan248
Feb309
Mar3912
Apr4915
May4314
Jun206
Jul83
Aug41
Sep72
Oct196
Nov216
Dec247

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Malazgirt collects about 466 mm of rain across 88 wet days — roughly 39 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 82 mm, while August is the driest at just 4 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 47% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3942678269268411354044
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3988
Feb4298
Mar67127
Apr82152
May69140
Jun2660
Jul830
Aug410
Sep1120
Oct3560
Nov4062
Dec4476

Snow in Malazgirt

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Malazgirt averages about 33 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 26 to May 1 — about 6.2 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 8 days of snow and an estimated 39 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 155 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 5
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan828
Feb839
Mar735
Apr29
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov211
Dec634

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Malazgirt, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 24 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 99% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 22 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around May 23. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 52% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 11 · 99%Mar 29 · 46%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5149
Feb5149
Mar4852
Apr4852
May6238
Jun8812
Jul982
Aug991
Sep946
Oct7525
Nov6040
Dec5347

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 20, brings about 14 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 19, only 9 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.66:334:05
Feb10.56:104:39
Mar11.75:295:10
Apr13.04:395:41
May14.14:026:10
Jun14.73:486:32
Jul14.54:006:30
Aug13.54:286:00
Sep12.34:575:12
Oct11.05:264:24
Nov9.96:013:50
Dec9.36:283:44

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Malazgirt averages about 16 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around Jun 2 to Oct 20. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is April, down near 9 sunny days — about 69% fewer than the August peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 2728 daysApr 308 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan11Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar10Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May11Mixed
Jun21Bright
Jul27Brilliant
Aug29Brilliant
Sep25Brilliant
Oct18Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec12Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Malazgirt, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in July, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul991
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Malazgirt is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 12 · 7 km/hDec 3 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb6calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun7calm
Jul7calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Malazgirt

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Malazgirt throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early October, Malazgirt is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Malazgirt for general outdoor tourist activities run from late May to early July and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 18 · 8.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.3poor
Apr3.7fair
May5.9good
Jun7.7ideal
Jul6.3good
Aug6.3good
Sep8.4ideal
Oct6.6good
Nov2.3poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Malazgirt for hot-weather activities is from mid June to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 31 · 9.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Malazgirt, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 1°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Malazgirt sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Malazgirt by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malazgirt peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 21UV 11Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Malazgirt

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb2.50
Mar3.50
Apr6.52
May84.5
Jun96
Jul96
Aug8.56
Sep74
Oct50
Nov0.50
Dec00

Air quality in Malazgirt by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Malazgirt is worst in May — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1125 µg/m³Jan 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Malazgirt typically lasts about 214 days, from around April 4 to November 3 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 28 to October 15.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 2010%Apr 450%Apr 2890%Oct 1590%Nov 350%Dec 2710%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan631
Feb928
Mar2631
Apr7227
May990
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct8518
Nov3030
Dec1331

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Malazgirt banks about 1,358 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May86
Jun241
Jul382
Aug383
Sep222
Oct45
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Malazgirt receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.2 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 25 to Sep 27. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.2 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 17.6 kWhDec 172.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.6Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May6.5Intense
Jun7.5Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug6.8Intense
Sep5.6Bright
Oct3.9Moderate
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.2Moderate

Where is Malazgirt?

Malazgirt sits at 39.1°N, 42.5°E, 1,510 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bulanık, 24 km away.

Topography around Malazgirt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malazgirt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 1,535 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 805 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,756 m.

The land around Malazgirt is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
805 m
80 km
2,756 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Bulanık 24 km · Patnos 29 km · Adilcevaz 42 km · Karaçoban 43 km · Ahlat 44 km · Erciş 72 km · Tatvan 76 km · Hınıs 76 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 Malazgirt (39.1465°, 42.5354°, elevation 1,510 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).