Climate and average weather in Pazarcık

In Pazarcık, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to mid June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Pazarcık typically varies from -1°C to 35°C, and is rarely below -8°C or above 39°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Pazarcık for warm-weather activities are from late April to mid June and late September to late October.

Hottest
Jul
35°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Jan
105 mm
Driest
Aug
2 mm
Rain / yr
552 mm
72 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
787 m
37.5°N
Clearest
Jul
8% cloud

Pazarcık is district and town of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey.

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

Pazarcık 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 April to mid June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Pazarcık, 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 25, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Pazarcık is July, with an average high of 35°C and low of 20°C.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 27 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 12°C. The coldest month of the year in Pazarcık is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 7°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in July.

-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan7-1
Feb90
Mar143
Apr197
May2412
Jun3116
Jul3520
Aug3520
Sep3016
Oct2411
Nov154
Dec91

How hot and cold Pazarcık 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 hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Pazarcık feels like about 36°C (around July 29). About 77 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -4°C (around January 27), with roughly 94 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan77-4-1
Feb99-30
Mar131413
Apr191967
May24241112
Jun31311616
Jul35352020
Aug35352020
Sep30301616
Oct24241011
Nov151534
Dec99-11

Average hourly temperature in Pazarcık

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 July afternoons, near 35°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.

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

Pazarcık 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 / -1°105114.99.70.9
Feb / -0°819.63.210.61.7
Mar14° / 72100.811.74.0
Apr19° / 538.80.112.96.3
May24° / 12°346.40147.7
Jun31° / 16°61.8014.56.2
Jul35° / 20°20.6014.33.6
Aug35° / 20°20.5013.43.6
Sep30° / 16°51.3012.36.5
Oct24° / 11°324.70118.0
Nov15° / 597.20.4105.2
Dec / 10210.21.99.51.8

Chance of rain

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

Pazarcık gets about 552 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 6.8 months, from around Oct 23 to May 17, peaking in January at about 37% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 17.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 105 mm over about 11 wet days; August is the driest, with 2 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 2 · 37%Aug 17 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3411
Feb3510
Mar3310
Apr299
May206
Jun62
Jul21
Aug11
Sep41
Oct155
Nov257
Dec3410

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Pazarcık collects about 552 mm of rain across 72 wet days — roughly 46 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 105 mm, while August is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1058172533462253259102
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan105115
Feb81103
Mar72101
Apr5390
May3460
Jun620
Jul210
Aug210
Sep510
Oct3250
Nov5970
Dec102102

Snow in Pazarcık

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.

Pazarcık averages about 11 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 20 to Mar 28 — about 4.2 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 26 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 78 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 27
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan526
Feb328
Mar13
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov03
Dec217

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Pazarcık, 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 12 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around October 22. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 23 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around May 11. The cloudiest month is January, 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 7 · 100%Jan 1 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4852
Feb4951
Mar5545
Apr6238
May7723
Jun955
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep973
Oct7921
Nov6337
Dec4852

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 14, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around December 13, only 9 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 12 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.76:504:30
Feb10.66:285:02
Mar11.75:495:31
Apr12.95:026:00
May14.04:276:27
Jun14.54:146:48
Jul14.34:266:47
Aug13.44:516:19
Sep12.35:185:32
Oct11.05:454:46
Nov10.06:184:15
Dec9.56:444:10

Sunny days

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

Pazarcık averages about 19 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 11 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.9 months, from around May 23 to Oct 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 11 sunny days — about 63% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1730 daysFeb 1811 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb10Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr12Mixed
May17Bright
Jun26Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep27Brilliant
Oct20Bright
Nov16Bright
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 Pazarcık, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around June 16 to September 14. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 34% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 15 to June 15, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 24 · 100%Aug 5 · 57%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr100000
May92700
Jun652870
Jul4128264
Aug4026286
Sep712271
Oct97300
Nov100000
Dec100000

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.

Across the year, average wind speed in Pazarcık is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around May 15 to Sep 17. The windiest month is July, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 18 to May 14, with November the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJul 9 · 11 km/hNov 2 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug10calm
Sep8calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Hazard calendar for Pazarcık

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Pazarcık's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Pazarcık

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late May, Pazarcık 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 Pazarcık for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to mid June and again from late September to early November, with a peak score in the second week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 9 · 8.4

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
Jan0.9poor
Feb1.8poor
Mar4.0fair
Apr6.2good
May7.6ideal
Jun6.2good
Jul3.7fair
Aug3.7fair
Sep6.5good
Oct7.9ideal
Nov5.2fair
Dec1.9poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Pazarcık for hot-weather activities run from late May to late July and again from mid August to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 20 · 9.0

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 Pazarcık, 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 July (highs near 35°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Pazarcık sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Pazarcık 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 Pazarcık peaks around June 23 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 23UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Pazarcık

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 8.5 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
Mar40
Apr73.5
May84.5
Jun8.56
Jul8.55.5
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct50
Nov20
Dec00

Air quality in Pazarcık 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 Pazarcık is worst in May — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1323 µg/m³Jul 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Pazarcık typically lasts about 315 days, from around February 18 to December 29 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 27 to November 14.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1850%Mar 2790%Nov 1490%Dec 2950%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4031
Feb4828
Mar8128
Apr990
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov8717
Dec5831

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. Pazarcık banks about 2,443 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr89
May248
Jun402
Jul535
Aug535
Sep390
Oct220
Nov22
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.

Pazarcık receives about 5.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 8.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 27 to Sep 30. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.0 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 48.0 kWhDec 252.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.2Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.9Bright
May6.9Intense
Jun7.7Intense
Jul7.9Intense
Aug7.1Intense
Sep5.8Bright
Oct4.2Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Pazarcık?

Pazarcık sits at 37.5°N, 37.3°E, 787 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Çağlayancerit, 29 km away.

Topography around Pazarcık

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pazarcık has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m around an average of 785 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,249 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,919 m.

The land around Pazarcık is covered by cropland (40%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
348 m
16 km
1,249 m
80 km
2,919 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Çağlayancerit 29 km · Kahramanmaraş 35 km · Gölbaşı 44 km · Gaziantep 48 km · Besni 55 km · Nizip 69 km · Birecik 79 km · Elbistan 80 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 Pazarcık (37.4868°, 37.2996°, elevation 787 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).