Elazığ weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Elazığ is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with June and October close behind. Elazığ averages about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 9 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,000
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 453 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 443k
- Elevation
- 887 m
When is the best time to visit Elazığ?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Elazığ is September, then June and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 57 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Elazığ?
Elazığ is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate September (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #22 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 453 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 57 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 57 mm | 2 |
| March | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 58 mm | 4 |
| April | 71 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 62 mm | 5 |
| May | 88 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 49 mm | 7 |
| June | 94 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 13 mm | 9 |
| July | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| August | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| October | 90 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 38 mm | 4 |
| November | 44 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 47 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -1° / 30°F | 59 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Malatya Türkiye · 105 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Diyarbakır Türkiye · 112 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 133 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Batman Türkiye · 176 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
- Mardin Türkiye · 193 km · best in May · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Muş Türkiye · 207 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bingöl Türkiye · 117 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Adıyaman Türkiye · 120 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in May
- Erzincan Türkiye · 125 km · 2,875 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Elazığ compares month by month: Elazığ vs Diyarbakır · Elazığ vs Malatya · Elazığ vs Şanlıurfa · all comparisons
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