Climate and average weather in Siverek

In Siverek, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: mid April to late May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Siverek typically varies from -1°C to 38°C, and is rarely below -7°C or above 41°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 Siverek for warm-weather activities are from mid April to late May and late September to mid November.

Hottest
Jul
38°
Coldest
Jan
-1°
Wettest
Jan
101 mm
Driest
Jul
1 mm
Rain / yr
600 mm
73 wet days
Daylight
9.4–14.6 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
787 m
37.8°N
Clearest
Aug
7% cloud

Siverek is district and town in Şanlıurfa Province, Türkiye.

Density
45/km²
people per km²

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

Siverek 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 mid April to late May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 3.6 months, from June 5 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Siverek is July, with an average high of 38°C and low of 23°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 25 to March 10, with daily high temperatures below 14°C. The coldest month of the year in Siverek is January, with an average low of -1°C and high of 8°C.

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

-10°10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan8-1
Feb100
Mar154
Apr208
May2613
Jun3319
Jul3823
Aug3823
Sep3318
Oct2512
Nov165
Dec101

How hot and cold Siverek 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, Siverek feels like about 39°C (around July 31). About 101 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 31), with roughly 84 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan88-3-1
Feb1010-20
Mar151524
Apr202078
May26261313
Jun33331919
Jul38382323
Aug38382323
Sep32331818
Oct25251212
Nov161645
Dec1010-11

Average hourly temperature in Siverek

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 38°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -1°C.

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

Siverek 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°10110.73.39.71.4
Feb10° / 8710.42.810.52.1
Mar15° / 8310.70.511.74.4
Apr20° / 739.3012.96.5
May26° / 13°436.30147.4
Jun33° / 19°51.5014.64.5
Jul38° / 23°10.3014.31.7
Aug38° / 23°10.2013.51.7
Sep33° / 18°60.8012.35.1
Oct25° / 12°445.70117.7
Nov16° / 6670.3105.7
Dec10° / 9010.11.39.42.3

Chance of rain

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

Siverek gets about 600 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 6.9 months, from around Oct 19 to May 16, peaking in February at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 4.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 101 mm over about 11 wet days; July is the driest, with 1 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetFeb 21 · 39%Aug 4 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3311
Feb3810
Mar3511
Apr319
May206
Jun52
Jul10
Aug10
Sep31
Oct176
Nov247
Dec3310

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Siverek collects about 600 mm of rain across 73 wet days — roughly 50 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 101 mm, while July is the driest at just 1 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 46% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec101878373435116446690
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan101113
Feb87103
Mar83111
Apr7390
May4360
Jun520
Jul100
Aug100
Sep610
Oct4460
Nov6670
Dec90101

Snow in Siverek

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.

Siverek averages about 8 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 21 to Mar 13 — about 3.7 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 3 days of snow and an estimated 15 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 41 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 30
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan315
Feb317
Mar11
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov02
Dec17

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Siverek, 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 13 and lasts for 5.3 months, ending around October 21. The clearest month is July, 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 22 and lasts for 6.7 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is February, 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 9 · 100%Feb 9 · 47%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb4852
Mar5644
Apr6337
May7723
Jun964
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep964
Oct7822
Nov6337
Dec5149

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 11, brings about 14 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, 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)
Jan9.76:424:22
Feb10.56:214:54
Mar11.75:415:23
Apr12.94:545:52
May14.04:186:20
Jun14.64:056:41
Jul14.34:176:40
Aug13.54:436:11
Sep12.35:105:24
Oct11.05:384:38
Nov10.06:104:06
Dec9.46:374:01

Sunny days

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

Siverek 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 22 to Oct 18. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 11 sunny days — about 61% fewer than the July peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJul 1030 daysFeb 1711 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar12Mixed
Apr13Mixed
May18Bright
Jun26Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep27Brilliant
Oct21Bright
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 Siverek, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 1% 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 (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr9910
May9640
Jun9730
Jul9640
Aug9361
Sep9730
Oct9820
Nov10000
Dec10000

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 Siverek is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 3.8 months, from around May 20 to Sep 13. The windiest month is June, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 14 to Mar 16, with November the calmest month at about 7 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeJun 30 · 11 km/hNov 16 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun10calm
Jul10calm
Aug9calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov7calm
Dec8calm

Hazard calendar for Siverek

In seasonPeak

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

Siverek'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 Siverek

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around late April, Siverek is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 14 · 8.0

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
Jan1.4poor
Feb2.2poor
Mar4.4fair
Apr6.5good
May7.3good
Jun4.5fair
Jul1.7poor
Aug1.8poor
Sep5.1fair
Oct7.6ideal
Nov5.6good
Dec2.3poor

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 Siverek for hot-weather activities run from mid May to late June and again from early September to mid October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 28 · 8.9

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 Siverek, 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 38°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 8°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Siverek sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Siverek 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 Siverek peaks around June 19 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highModerateJun 19UV 10Jan 11UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Siverek

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 5.5 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
Feb1.50
Mar30
Apr6.52
May7.54.5
Jun8.55.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug85.5
Sep74
Oct50
Nov1.50
Dec00

Air quality in Siverek 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 Siverek is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2025 µg/m³Jul 2117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Siverek typically lasts about 324 days, from around February 14 to January 3 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from March 18 to November 20.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonFeb 1450%Mar 1890%Nov 2090%Jan 350%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan4331
Feb5428
Mar8817
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov9211
Dec6331

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. Siverek banks about 2,912 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar6
Apr119
May293
Jun478
Jul630
Aug624
Sep453
Oct267
Nov40
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.

Siverek receives about 5.1 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 6.1 months, from around Mar 29 to Sep 30. The brightest month is July, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the July peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 18.0 kWhDec 212.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.3Moderate
Feb3.2Moderate
Mar4.6Bright
Apr5.8Bright
May7.0Intense
Jun7.9Intense
Jul7.9Intense
Aug7.2Intense
Sep5.9Bright
Oct4.1Bright
Nov2.8Moderate
Dec2.0Moderate

Where is Siverek?

Siverek sits at 37.8°N, 39.3°E, 787 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Hilvan, 37 km away.

Topography around Siverek

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Siverek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 780 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,028 m.

The land around Siverek is covered by cropland (41%), artificial surfaces (31%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
151 m
16 km
535 m
80 km
2,028 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Hilvan 37 km · Çermik 44 km · Kahta 61 km · Ergani 69 km · Viranşehir 71 km · Urfa 80 km · Diyarbakır 81 km · Bozova 82 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 Siverek (37.755°, 39.3167°, 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).