Urfa weather in September

In September, Urfa sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Urfa's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 6 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:12 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 11%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Urfa is city in Turkey.

Air quality: High; PM10 84.4 µg/m³ · 2010
Density: 123/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~303 BCE

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical September day in Urfa reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 5°C cooler than August and about 7°C warmer than October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	22
2	36	22
3	36	22
4	35	22
5	35	22
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	35	21
9	34	21
10	34	21
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	33	20
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	33	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17

How September really feels in Urfa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 20 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

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Urfa weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 10th-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° / 1°	85	10.8	1.7	9.7	1.7
Feb	11° / 2°	73	10.2	1.4	10.6	2.5
Mar	15° / 6°	65	9.9	0.2	11.7	4.8
Apr	21° / 10°	53	9.1	0	12.9	6.8
May	28° / 15°	37	6.8	0	14	6.7
Jun	34° / 21°	6	1.5	0	14.5	3.7
Jul	38° / 25°	1	0.3	0	14.3	1.2
Aug	38° / 24°	1	0.4	0	13.4	1.4
Sep	33° / 20°	6	1.2	0	12.3	4.7
Oct	26° / 14°	41	5.6	0	11	7.5
Nov	17° / 7°	55	7.1	0.2	10	5.8
Dec	10° / 3°	79	10.2	0.8	9.5	2.5

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%. 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
Clearer (%)	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	93	93	93	92	91
Cloudier (%)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	7	8	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Urfa gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 8% 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
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 90% 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
Dry (%)	85	85	85	85	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	14	1
2	85	14	1
3	85	14	1
4	85	14	1
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	87	13	0
9	87	13	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	88	12	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	93	7	0
22	93	7	0
23	93	7	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0

Wind in September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, 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.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:04 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
Daylight (h)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:10	5:09	5:07	5:06	5:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	4:59	5:50
2	12.8	5:00	5:48
3	12.8	5:01	5:47
4	12.7	5:02	5:45
5	12.7	5:03	5:43
6	12.6	5:04	5:42
7	12.6	5:05	5:40
8	12.6	5:05	5:39
9	12.5	5:06	5:37
10	12.5	5:07	5:36
11	12.4	5:08	5:34
12	12.4	5:09	5:33
13	12.4	5:10	5:31
14	12.3	5:10	5:29
15	12.3	5:11	5:28
16	12.2	5:12	5:26
17	12.2	5:13	5:25
18	12.2	5:14	5:23
19	12.1	5:15	5:21
20	12.1	5:16	5:20
21	12.0	5:16	5:18
22	12.0	5:17	5:17
23	11.9	5:18	5:15
24	11.9	5:19	5:13
25	11.9	5:20	5:12
26	11.8	5:21	5:10
27	11.8	5:22	5:09
28	11.7	5:22	5:07
29	11.7	5:23	5:06
30	11.7	5:24	5:04

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.1 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 5.95 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.0	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Urfa?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Urfa for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Urfa in September

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

In September, Urfa sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Urfa in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Urfa peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very 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	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Urfa in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Urfa 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	22	25	24	25	22	17	18	20	22	20	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Urfa?

Urfa sits at 37.2°N, 38.8°E, 528 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bozova, 32 km away.

Topography around Urfa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urfa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m around an average of 546 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 763 m.

The land around Urfa is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

210 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

542 m

grassland 42%

80 km

763 m

cropland 65%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← August Urfa year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Bozova 32 km · Suruç 39 km · Hilvan 49 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 50 km · Akçakale 53 km · Kahta 70 km · Birecik 74 km · Jarābulus 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

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 Urfa (37.1671°, 38.7939°, elevation 528 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	36	22
2	36	22
3	36	22
4	35	22
5	35	22
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	35	21
9	34	21
10	34	21
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	33	20
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	33	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	14	1
2	85	14	1
3	85	14	1
4	85	14	1
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	87	13	0
9	87	13	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	88	12	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	93	7	0
22	93	7	0
23	93	7	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	22
2	36	22
3	36	22
4	35	22
5	35	22
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	35	21
9	34	21
10	34	21
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	33	20
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	33	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	14	1
2	85	14	1
3	85	14	1
4	85	14	1
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	87	13	0
9	87	13	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	88	12	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	93	7	0
22	93	7	0
23	93	7	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	22
2	36	22
3	36	22
4	35	22
5	35	22
6	35	21
7	35	21
8	35	21
9	34	21
10	34	21
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	33	20
16	33	19
17	33	19
18	33	19
19	32	19
20	32	19
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	31	18
24	31	18
25	31	18
26	31	17
27	31	17
28	30	17
29	30	17
30	30	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	98	2
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	97	3
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	94	6
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	85	14	1
2	85	14	1
3	85	14	1
4	85	14	1
5	87	13	0
6	87	13	0
7	87	13	0
8	87	13	0
9	87	13	0
10	87	13	0
11	88	12	0
12	88	12	0
13	89	11	0
14	89	11	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	91	9	0
18	91	9	0
19	92	8	0
20	92	8	0
21	93	7	0
22	93	7	0
23	93	7	0
24	94	6	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	94	6	0
28	95	5	0
29	95	5	0
30	95	5	0