Pazarcık weather in August

In August, Pazarcık sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Pazarcık's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pazarcık's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
4:51 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
8%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Pazarcık is district and town of Kahramanmaraş, 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 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical August day in Pazarcık reaches about 35°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 32°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Pazarcık

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Pazarcık weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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31000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pazarcık gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 (%)
12
22
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42
52
62
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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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
13423348
23323359
33323359
43223359
53223369
63224369
73224369
83224359
93224358
103324358
113324358
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143624337
153724327
163924316
174024306
184125296
194225285
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214426255
224526244
234627234
244628224
254728213
264829203
274830193
284930183
295031173
305031163
315231152

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:38 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.04:386:35
213.94:396:34
313.94:406:33
413.94:416:32
513.84:426:31
613.84:436:30
713.84:436:29
813.74:446:28
913.74:456:27
1013.74:466:26
1113.64:476:25
1213.64:486:24
1313.64:496:22
1413.54:506:21
1513.54:506:20
1613.54:516:19
1713.44:526:17
1813.44:536:16
1913.34:546:15
2013.34:556:13
2113.34:566:12
2213.24:566:10
2313.24:576:09
2413.24:586:08
2513.14:596:06
2613.15:006:05
2713.05:016:03
2813.05:026:02
2913.05:036:00
3012.95:035:59
3112.95:045:57

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
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97.3Intense
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236.9Intense
246.9Intense
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266.8Intense
276.8Intense
286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.6Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pazarcık

In seasonPeak

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Pazarcık?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pazarcık. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Pazarcık in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pazarcık 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 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

Air quality in Pazarcık 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 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
Location & terrain

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
August weather 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).