Karkamış Weather in August
Karkamış in August
The short of it: Karkamış in August averages a high of 40 °C (105 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 13 h 33 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 40° · low 22° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 13 h 33 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & November
Thirty years of records give Karkamış an average August high of 40°, a low of 22° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 40° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 33 min in mid-August, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and November.
Against its neighbours, Karkamış runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Jarābulus, 2 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Karkamış, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 33 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JarābulusAleppo | 2 km SSE | 40° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| MağaralıŞanlıurfa | 16 km NNE | 40° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| İkizceGaziantep | 20 km W | 40° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| BirecikŞanlıurfa | 21 km N | 40° | 22° | 2.0 mm |
| DoğrularGaziantep | 25 km WNW | 40° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| NizipGaziantep | 27 km NW | 40° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| UluyatırGaziantep | 31 km WNW | 39° | 22° | 1.0 mm |
| KüçükkendirciŞanlıurfa | 32 km ENE | 41° | 23° | 1.0 mm |