Diyarbakır weather by month & the best time to visit

🇹🇷 Türkiye · city break · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Diyarbakır is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with May and April close behind. Diyarbakır averages about 3,090 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 39 mm of rain in October.

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Sun hours / year

3,090

Sunniest month

October

Peak score

90/100

Rain / year

500 mm

Snow / year

≈59 cm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

1.8M

Elevation

676 m

When is the best time to visit Diyarbakır?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Diyarbakır is October, then May and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 66 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Diyarbakır?

Diyarbakır is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,090 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate October (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 42% of the annual 500 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Batman Türkiye · 80 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
• Mardin Türkiye · 84 km · best in May · 3,088 h sun/yr
• Elazığ Türkiye · 112 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
• Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 125 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
• Muş Türkiye · 159 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
• Malatya Türkiye · 194 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Bingöl Türkiye · 113 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Qamishli Syria · 131 km · 3,075 h sun/yr · best in Oct

Head-to-head

How Diyarbakır compares month by month: Diyarbakır vs Batman · Diyarbakır vs Şanlıurfa · Diyarbakır vs Elazığ · Diyarbakır vs Mardin · all comparisons