Şanlıurfa climate

Name: Şanlıurfa
Address: TR

Şanlıurfa is warmest in July, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.1 °C. January is the wettest month (84 mm) and July the driest (0.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Şanlıurfa averages 491 mm of rain, 170 days above 25 °C and 28 days below freezing.

Turkey · population 449,549 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 1.1 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 84 mm
Least cloud August 5 % cloud
Hottest on record July 46 °C
Coldest on record February -12 °C

What to expectŞanlıurfa through the year

Şanlıurfa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 9.2 °C in January to 39 °C in July, a swing of 27 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 170 days a year reach 25 °C, 131 of them reach 30 °C, 28 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 84 mm against 1 mm in July — 94 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	9.2 °C	84 mm	55 %
February	11.0 °C	73 mm	52 %
March	15.8 °C	64 mm	47 %
April	21.6 °C	51 mm	44 %
May	27.9 °C	35 mm	33 %
June	34.6 °C	5 mm	10 %
July	38.8 °C	1 mm	5 %
August	38.5 °C	1 mm	5 %
September	33.2 °C	5 mm	9 %
October	25.9 °C	39 mm	31 %
November	16.8 °C	56 mm	42 %
December	10.9 °C	77 mm	54 %

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	9.2 °C	1.1 °C	4.8 °C	16.9 °C	-6.9 °C	0	0	12
February	11.0 °C	1.7 °C	6.2 °C	22.0 °C	-11.9 °C	0	0	8
March	15.8 °C	5.2 °C	10.6 °C	29.4 °C	-4.6 °C	0	0	2
April	21.6 °C	9.7 °C	15.8 °C	36.4 °C	-0.7 °C	7	1	0
May	27.9 °C	14.8 °C	21.7 °C	38.6 °C	6.9 °C	22	11	0
June	34.6 °C	20.7 °C	28.2 °C	42.3 °C	11.7 °C	30	27	0
July	38.8 °C	24.5 °C	32.2 °C	46.0 °C	18.3 °C	31	31	0
August	38.5 °C	24.3 °C	31.9 °C	44.1 °C	19.3 °C	31	31	0
September	33.2 °C	19.9 °C	26.9 °C	41.1 °C	11.5 °C	29	25	0
October	25.9 °C	14.3 °C	20.1 °C	36.0 °C	4.3 °C	19	5	0
November	16.8 °C	7.2 °C	11.7 °C	26.5 °C	-2.5 °C	0	0	1
December	10.9 °C	2.9 °C	6.5 °C	25.3 °C	-9.9 °C	0	0	6

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	84 mm	10	9.9 h/day	55 %	77 %	14 km/h
February	73 mm	10	11 h/day	52 %	74 %	15 km/h
March	64 mm	10	12 h/day	47 %	67 %	16 km/h
April	51 mm	9	13 h/day	44 %	60 %	17 km/h
May	35 mm	6	14 h/day	33 %	50 %	18 km/h
June	5 mm	1	15 h/day	10 %	33 %	21 km/h
July	1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	28 %	21 km/h
August	1 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	30 %	19 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	9 %	35 %	16 km/h
October	39 mm	5	11 h/day	31 %	49 %	14 km/h
November	56 mm	7	10 h/day	42 %	67 %	12 km/h
December	77 mm	10	9.6 h/day	54 %	77 %	13 km/h

How Şanlıurfa 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
Şanlıurfa	39 °C	1.1 °C	491 mm	170
Siverek · Turkey	37 °C	-1.6 °C	604 mm	150
Adıyaman · Turkey	37 °C	-1.4 °C	599 mm	153
Viranşehir · Turkey	39 °C	1.2 °C	428 mm	171
Gaziantep · Turkey	35 °C	-0.3 °C	451 mm	151
Ar Raqqah · Syria	40 °C	2.6 °C	187 mm	195
Malatya · Turkey	33 °C	-3.4 °C	587 mm	131

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QuestionsCommon questions about Şanlıurfa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Şanlıurfa?

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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Şanlıurfa get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 131 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 1.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 28 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Şanlıurfa?

January, averaging 84 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 491 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 Şanlıurfa 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: 37.167°, 38.794° (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.