Malatya climate

Name: Malatya
Address: TR

Malatya is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -3.4 °C. January is the wettest month (84 mm) and July the driest (3.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Malatya averages 587 mm of rain, 131 days above 25 °C and 81 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 750,491 · 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 33 °C
Coldest month January -3.4 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month January 84 mm
Least cloud July 8 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record February -20 °C

What to expectMalatya through the year

Malatya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.7 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 131 days a year reach 25 °C, 81 of them reach 30 °C, 81 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 84 mm against 3 mm in July — 24 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.7 °C	84 mm	57 %
February	5.4 °C	74 mm	54 %
March	11.3 °C	74 mm	51 %
April	17.4 °C	71 mm	50 %
May	23.0 °C	65 mm	39 %
June	29.2 °C	16 mm	17 %
July	33.4 °C	3 mm	8 %
August	33.4 °C	4 mm	9 %
September	28.5 °C	11 mm	14 %
October	21.2 °C	44 mm	34 %
November	12.1 °C	59 mm	44 %
December	5.5 °C	81 mm	56 %

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	3.7 °C	-3.4 °C	0.0 °C	12.3 °C	-14.1 °C	0	0	25
February	5.4 °C	-2.8 °C	1.2 °C	17.5 °C	-19.6 °C	0	0	20
March	11.3 °C	1.0 °C	6.3 °C	25.4 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	12
April	17.4 °C	6.4 °C	12.1 °C	30.7 °C	-6.6 °C	1	0	1
May	23.0 °C	11.6 °C	17.6 °C	34.0 °C	1.2 °C	10	1	0
June	29.2 °C	16.0 °C	23.0 °C	37.5 °C	6.9 °C	26	13	0
July	33.4 °C	19.0 °C	26.6 °C	41.1 °C	10.7 °C	31	27	0
August	33.4 °C	19.7 °C	26.7 °C	40.7 °C	10.7 °C	31	28	0
September	28.5 °C	16.2 °C	22.4 °C	37.5 °C	4.0 °C	24	11	0
October	21.2 °C	10.9 °C	15.9 °C	31.4 °C	-2.5 °C	7	0	0
November	12.1 °C	3.7 °C	7.7 °C	21.8 °C	-11.8 °C	0	0	5
December	5.5 °C	-1.4 °C	1.9 °C	19.9 °C	-17.0 °C	0	0	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	84 mm	10	9.8 h/day	57 %	71 %	7.3 km/h
February	74 mm	9	11 h/day	54 %	69 %	7.8 km/h
March	74 mm	10	12 h/day	51 %	62 %	10 km/h
April	71 mm	11	13 h/day	50 %	55 %	12 km/h
May	65 mm	11	14 h/day	39 %	48 %	12 km/h
June	16 mm	4	15 h/day	17 %	36 %	13 km/h
July	3 mm	1	15 h/day	8 %	31 %	13 km/h
August	4 mm	1	14 h/day	9 %	30 %	11 km/h
September	11 mm	2	12 h/day	14 %	33 %	10 km/h
October	44 mm	6	11 h/day	34 %	48 %	9.0 km/h
November	59 mm	7	10 h/day	44 %	62 %	8.1 km/h
December	81 mm	9	9.5 h/day	56 %	71 %	7.0 km/h

How Malatya 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
Malatya	33 °C	-3.4 °C	587 mm	131
Adıyaman · Turkey	37 °C	-1.4 °C	599 mm	153
Elazığ · Turkey	33 °C	-3.0 °C	577 mm	123
Siverek · Turkey	37 °C	-1.6 °C	604 mm	150
Şanlıurfa · Turkey	39 °C	1.1 °C	491 mm	170
Kahramanmaraş · Turkey	35 °C	-0.4 °C	573 mm	148
Gaziantep · Turkey	35 °C	-0.3 °C	451 mm	151

Where Malatya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in October	49thof 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Malatya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Malatya?

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, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Malatya get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 81 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 -3.4 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 81 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Malatya?

January, averaging 84 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 587 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 Malatya 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.