Nizip weather in August

In August, Nizip sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-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 Nizip's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nizip's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:50 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
6%
1st clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Nizip is district in Gaziantep Province, Turkey.

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 Nizip reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 Nizip

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
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Nizip weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 729.91.59.72.1
Feb12° / 589.11.210.63.0
Mar16° / 507.90.111.75.5
Apr22° / 10°346.5012.97.4
May29° / 15°224.40146.7
Jun35° / 20°41.2014.53.5
Jul38° / 24°10.3014.31.1
Aug38° / 24°10.3013.41.2
Sep34° / 19°30.8012.34.3
Oct27° / 14°253.80117.5
Nov18° / 445.60.2106.3
Dec11° / 739.20.69.52.9

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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nizip gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
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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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14336192
24236202
34236212
44235212
54135212
64135222
74135222
84135222
94135222
104135221
114136221
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174635181
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245333131
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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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 4:37 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:376:32
213.94:386:31
313.94:396:30
413.84:406:29
513.84:416:28
613.84:426:27
713.74:426:26
813.74:436:25
913.74:446:24
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1113.64:466:22
1213.64:476:21
1313.54:476:20
1413.54:486:18
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1613.44:506:16
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1813.44:526:13
1913.34:536:12
2013.34:536:11
2113.24:546:09
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2813.05:005:59
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3112.95:035:55

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.23 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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256.9Intense
266.9Intense
276.9Intense
286.8Intense
296.8Intense
306.7Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Nizip?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nizip.

What to pack for Nizip in August

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

In August, Nizip sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nizip 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 Nizip peaks around June 21 at about 10 (very high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highModerateJun 21UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Nizip 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 Nizip is worst in March — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 16 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2028 µg/m³Jul 2017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nizip?

Nizip sits at 37.0°N, 37.8°E, 524 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Birecik, 16 km away.

Topography around Nizip

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nizip has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 510 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,603 m.

The land around Nizip is covered by cropland (53%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
601 m
80 km
1,603 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Birecik 16 km · Jarābulus 29 km · Gaziantep 37 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 51 km · Manbij 55 km · Suruç 56 km · Kabbasin 67 km · Kilis 69 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 Nizip (37.0097°, 37.7942°, elevation 524 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).