Kızıltepe climate

Name: Kızıltepe
Address: TR

Kızıltepe is warmest in July, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.8 °C. January is the wettest month (70 mm) and August the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kızıltepe averages 413 mm of rain, 175 days above 25 °C and 32 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 150,174 · 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 July 40 °C
Coldest month January 0.8 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 70 mm
Least cloud August 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record January -15 °C

What to expectKızıltepe through the year

Kızıltepe has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.9 °C in January to 40 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 175 days a year reach 25 °C, 136 of them reach 30 °C, 32 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 70 mm against 0 mm in August — 258 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.9 °C	70 mm	52 %
February	11.9 °C	68 mm	51 %
March	16.4 °C	65 mm	47 %
April	21.8 °C	45 mm	43 %
May	28.3 °C	30 mm	31 %
June	35.3 °C	2 mm	9 %
July	39.7 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
August	39.1 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	34.0 °C	2 mm	7 %
October	26.8 °C	23 mm	28 %
November	17.8 °C	42 mm	40 %
December	11.6 °C	67 mm	51 %

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	9.9 °C	0.8 °C	4.9 °C	17.7 °C	-14.9 °C	0	0	13
February	11.9 °C	1.6 °C	6.6 °C	22.6 °C	-12.2 °C	0	0	8
March	16.4 °C	5.0 °C	10.8 °C	28.0 °C	-4.2 °C	0	0	2
April	21.8 °C	9.6 °C	16.0 °C	35.5 °C	-0.9 °C	7	1	0
May	28.3 °C	14.9 °C	22.0 °C	37.9 °C	6.9 °C	23	12	0
June	35.3 °C	20.8 °C	28.7 °C	43.5 °C	13.6 °C	30	28	0
July	39.7 °C	24.7 °C	32.9 °C	46.1 °C	18.9 °C	31	31	0
August	39.1 °C	24.5 °C	32.4 °C	45.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	31	0
September	34.0 °C	19.9 °C	27.3 °C	42.3 °C	10.3 °C	30	26	0
October	26.8 °C	14.3 °C	20.5 °C	37.3 °C	4.3 °C	21	8	0
November	17.8 °C	6.9 °C	11.9 °C	27.6 °C	-4.8 °C	1	0	1
December	11.6 °C	2.5 °C	6.6 °C	25.9 °C	-14.9 °C	0	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	70 mm	10	9.9 h/day	52 %	74 %	12 km/h
February	68 mm	9	11 h/day	51 %	71 %	13 km/h
March	65 mm	9	12 h/day	47 %	65 %	14 km/h
April	45 mm	7	13 h/day	43 %	60 %	14 km/h
May	30 mm	5	14 h/day	31 %	48 %	14 km/h
June	2 mm	1	15 h/day	9 %	29 %	16 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	23 %	15 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	25 %	14 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	7 %	30 %	13 km/h
October	23 mm	3	11 h/day	28 %	45 %	12 km/h
November	42 mm	5	10 h/day	40 %	63 %	11 km/h
December	67 mm	8	9.6 h/day	51 %	72 %	12 km/h

How Kızıltepe 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
Kızıltepe	40 °C	0.8 °C	413 mm	175
Al Qāmishlī · Syria	40 °C	0.9 °C	418 mm	177
Viranşehir · Turkey	39 °C	1.2 °C	428 mm	171
Al Ḩasakah · Syria	41 °C	2.0 °C	291 mm	191
Diyarbakır · Turkey	38 °C	-1.6 °C	636 mm	154
Batman · Turkey	38 °C	-0.5 °C	673 mm	160
Siverek · Turkey	37 °C	-1.6 °C	604 mm	150

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kızıltepe’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kızıltepe?

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

How hot does Kızıltepe get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 136 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 32 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kızıltepe?

January, averaging 70 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 413 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 Kızıltepe 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
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.