Average Sunshine in Turkey for August

The tables below give August averages for the amount of sunshine at dozens of cities throughout Turkey.

The cities are grouped for each region of the country: Marmara Region, Aegean Turkey, Mediterranean Turkey, Black Sea Turkey, Central Anatolia, Eastern Anatolia and Southeastern Anatolia.

The averages are for the number of hours a day with sun and the total hours of sun in August. The month's data are based on weather measurements made from 1991 to 2020.

Marmara Region

Hours of sunshine in August
Place Day Month
Balikesir 9.0 279
Bursa 8.9 276
Çanakkale 10.4 322
Edirne 9.0 279
İstanbul 10.6 329
İzmit (Kocaeli) 8.7 270
Sakarya (Adapazari) 8.5 264

Aegean Turkey

August sunshine averages (hours)
Place Day Month
Afon (Afyonkarahisar) 10.0 310
Aydin 8.8 273
İzmir 11.6 360
Manisa 9.0 279
Muğla 9.8 304

Mediterranean Turkey

Average August sun
Place Day Month
Adana 9.4 291
Antalya 10.5 326
Hatay (Antakya) 10.3 319
Maras (Kahramanmaraş) 9.6 298
Mersin (İçel) 9.8 304

Black Sea Turkey

Total hours of sun on average
Place Day Month
Bolu 8.1 251
Ordu 6.0 186
Rize 5.2 161
Samsun 8.5 264
Sinop 8.0 248
Trabzon 4.9 152
Zonguldak 8.3 257

Central Anatolia

Average hours of sunshine in August
Place Day Month
Ankara 10.2 316
Eskişehir 9.3 288
Kayseri 11.0 341
Konya 10.8 335
Nevşehir 11.2 347

Eastern Anatoli

August sunshine averages in hours
Place Day Month
Elâzığ 9.8 304
Erzurum 10.2 316
Kars 9.8 304
Van 11.2 347

Southeastern Anatolia

Number of sunny hours on average
Place Day Month
Diyarbakır 11.0 341
Gaziantep 8.7 270
Mardin 11.7 363
Urfa (Şanlıurfa) 10.5 326
Reference

T.C. ÇEVRE, ŞEHİRCİLİK VE İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ BAKANLIĞI. Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü. Resmi İstatistikler. İllere Ait Mevsim Normalleri (1991-2020).

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