Mardin weather in October

In October, Mardin sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 22 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Mardin's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mardin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 3.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 5:31 AM – 4:33 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Mardin is city in Turkey.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 40.6 µg/m³ · 2019

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical October day in Mardin reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 7°C cooler than September and about 9°C warmer than November.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	22	11
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	21	10
31	21	9

How October really feels in Mardin

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mardin weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 8th-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°	70	9.8	1.8	9.7	1.7
Feb	11° / 2°	66	9.5	1.8	10.6	2.5
Mar	15° / 5°	65	10	0.2	11.7	4.7
Apr	20° / 9°	48	8.2	0	12.9	6.8
May	27° / 14°	31	5.9	0	14	7.1
Jun	34° / 20°	3	1	0	14.5	4.0
Jul	38° / 23°	1	0.2	0	14.3	1.4
Aug	37° / 23°	0	0.1	0	13.4	1.8
Sep	33° / 18°	2	0.4	0	12.3	5.1
Oct	26° / 13°	22	3.4	0	11	7.9
Nov	17° / 6°	41	5.8	0.2	10	6.1
Dec	11° / 2°	65	8.7	0.8	9.5	2.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	94	92	92	90	90	88	87	87	85	85	84	84	82	82	81	81	80	80	78	78	77	77	76	75	74	73	73	72	72	71	71
Cloudier (%)	6	8	8	10	10	12	13	13	15	15	16	16	18	18	19	19	20	20	22	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	88	12
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Mardin gets around 22 mm of rain over 3.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	5
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20
29	20
30	20
31	20

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 98% 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	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of October to 10 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 4:15 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47
Sunset (PM)	4:55	4:53	4:52	4:50	4:49	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:41	4:40	4:38	4:37	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:31	4:30	4:29	4:27	4:26	4:25	4:24	4:22	4:21	4:20	4:19	4:18	4:17	4:16	4:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	5:17	4:55
2	11.6	5:18	4:53
3	11.5	5:19	4:52
4	11.5	5:20	4:50
5	11.5	5:21	4:49
6	11.4	5:22	4:47
7	11.4	5:23	4:46
8	11.3	5:24	4:44
9	11.3	5:25	4:43
10	11.3	5:26	4:41
11	11.2	5:27	4:40
12	11.2	5:28	4:38
13	11.1	5:28	4:37
14	11.1	5:29	4:35
15	11.1	5:30	4:34
16	11.0	5:31	4:33
17	11.0	5:32	4:31
18	10.9	5:33	4:30
19	10.9	5:34	4:29
20	10.9	5:35	4:27
21	10.8	5:36	4:26
22	10.8	5:37	4:25
23	10.8	5:38	4:24
24	10.7	5:39	4:22
25	10.7	5:40	4:21
26	10.6	5:41	4:20
27	10.6	5:42	4:19
28	10.6	5:43	4:18
29	10.5	5:44	4:17
30	10.5	5:46	4:16
31	10.5	5:47	4:15

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — October's 4.24 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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Mardin?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

October is one of the better times to visit Mardin for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mardin in October

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

In October, Mardin sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 3 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Mardin in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mardin peaks around June 14 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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	4	6	8	10	7	10	8	6	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	7	High
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Mardin in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mardin 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	21	23	29	27	28	25	18	20	21	26	20	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mardin?

Mardin sits at 37.3°N, 40.7°E, 1,056 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Yeşilli, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Mardin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mardin has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 565 m around an average of 890 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 739 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,166 m.

The land around Mardin is covered by grassland (71%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (61%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

565 m

grassland 71%

16 km

739 m

grassland 64%

80 km

1,166 m

cropland 61%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← September Mardin year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Yeşilli 7.0 km · Kızıltepe 20 km · Ad Darbāsīyah 28 km · ‘Āmūdā 28 km · Nusaybin 50 km · Al Qāmishlī 52 km · Midyat 54 km · Bismil 60 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 Mardin (37.3131°, 40.7436°, elevation 1,056 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	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	22	11
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	21	10
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	88	12
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	5
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20
29	20
30	20
31	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	22	11
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	21	10
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	88	12
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	5
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20
29	20
30	20
31	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	15
2	29	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	15
6	28	15
7	28	15
8	28	14
9	28	14
10	28	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	26	13
16	26	13
17	26	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	22	11
28	22	10
29	22	10
30	21	10
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	94	6
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	88	12
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	3
3	3
4	4
5	4
6	4
7	4
8	5
9	5
10	6
11	6
12	7
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	10
17	11
18	12
19	13
20	14
21	15
22	16
23	16
24	17
25	18
26	19
27	19
28	20
29	20
30	20
31	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3