Elazığ climate

Name: Elazığ
Address: TR

Elazığ is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.0 °C. April is the wettest month (85 mm) and July the driest (1.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Elazığ averages 577 mm of rain, 123 days above 25 °C and 78 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 443,363 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 33 °C
Coldest month January -3.0 °C
Driest month July 2 mm
Wettest month April 85 mm
Least cloud August 7 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -16 °C

What to expectElazığ through the year

Elazığ has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.2 °C in January to 33 °C in August, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 123 days a year reach 25 °C, 76 of them reach 30 °C, 78 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 85 mm against 2 mm in July — 45 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.2 °C	72 mm	63 %
February	4.7 °C	69 mm	60 %
March	10.4 °C	80 mm	54 %
April	16.2 °C	85 mm	51 %
May	21.8 °C	69 mm	40 %
June	28.5 °C	12 mm	17 %
July	33.3 °C	2 mm	7 %
August	33.4 °C	2 mm	7 %
September	28.1 °C	12 mm	12 %
October	20.6 °C	48 mm	34 %
November	11.5 °C	56 mm	48 %
December	5.1 °C	68 mm	63 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.2 °C	-3.0 °C	-0.1 °C	11.2 °C	-15.0 °C	0	0	25
February	4.7 °C	-2.6 °C	1.0 °C	15.9 °C	-15.7 °C	0	0	20
March	10.4 °C	1.1 °C	5.8 °C	22.2 °C	-12.5 °C	0	0	10
April	16.2 °C	6.0 °C	11.2 °C	29.2 °C	-9.1 °C	0	0	1
May	21.8 °C	11.2 °C	16.7 °C	31.6 °C	2.7 °C	7	0	0
June	28.5 °C	16.3 °C	22.7 °C	37.1 °C	8.8 °C	25	11	0
July	33.3 °C	20.2 °C	27.2 °C	40.9 °C	11.6 °C	31	28	0
August	33.4 °C	20.8 °C	27.3 °C	40.5 °C	12.5 °C	31	28	0
September	28.1 °C	16.8 °C	22.5 °C	37.0 °C	4.0 °C	24	10	0
October	20.6 °C	11.2 °C	15.7 °C	30.7 °C	-1.0 °C	5	0	0
November	11.5 °C	3.7 °C	7.4 °C	20.5 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	4
December	5.1 °C	-0.9 °C	1.9 °C	19.0 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	72 mm	10	9.8 h/day	63 %	79 %	8.9 km/h
February	69 mm	10	11 h/day	60 %	76 %	9.5 km/h
March	80 mm	12	12 h/day	54 %	68 %	11 km/h
April	85 mm	12	13 h/day	51 %	63 %	11 km/h
May	69 mm	10	14 h/day	40 %	57 %	11 km/h
June	12 mm	3	15 h/day	17 %	40 %	12 km/h
July	2 mm	1	15 h/day	7 %	32 %	12 km/h
August	2 mm	1	14 h/day	7 %	32 %	11 km/h
September	12 mm	2	12 h/day	12 %	38 %	11 km/h
October	48 mm	7	11 h/day	34 %	56 %	9.2 km/h
November	56 mm	7	10 h/day	48 %	71 %	8.4 km/h
December	68 mm	10	9.5 h/day	63 %	79 %	8.2 km/h

How Elazığ compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Elazığ	33 °C	-3.0 °C	577 mm	123
Malatya · Turkey	33 °C	-3.4 °C	587 mm	131
Siverek · Turkey	37 °C	-1.6 °C	604 mm	150
Erzincan · Turkey	30 °C	-8.1 °C	676 mm	90
Diyarbakır · Turkey	38 °C	-1.6 °C	636 mm	154
Adıyaman · Turkey	37 °C	-1.4 °C	599 mm	153
Viranşehir · Turkey	39 °C	1.2 °C	428 mm	171

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Elazığ.

QuestionsCommon questions about Elazığ’s climate

When is the best time to visit Elazığ?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Elazığ get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 76 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -3.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 78 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Elazığ?

April, averaging 85 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 577 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Elazığ rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 38.674°, 39.223° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.