Gaziantep weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · major city break · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Gaziantep is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 93/100), with October and April close behind. Gaziantep averages about 3,136 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 26 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,136
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 93/100
- Rain / year
- 462 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈51 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 2.2M
- Elevation
- 688 m
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When is the best time to visit Gaziantep?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Gaziantep is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 78 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Gaziantep?
Gaziantep is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,136 hours of sunshine a year. 93 Sunshine Score points separate May (93) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 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 49% of the annual 462 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 78 mm | 2 |
| February | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 69 mm | 3 |
| March | 51 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 54 mm | 5 |
| April | 89 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 46 mm | 6 |
| May | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 12° / 54°F | 26 mm | 8 |
| June | 86 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| July | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 3 mm | 9 |
| September | 86 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 10 mm | 7 |
| October | 92 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 32 mm | 5 |
| November | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 4° / 39°F | 53 mm | 3 |
| December | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 0° / 32°F | 80 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Antakya Türkiye · 125 km · best in May · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 137 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 174 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Adana Türkiye · 195 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Tarsus Türkiye · 214 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Elazığ Türkiye · 243 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kahramanmaraş Türkiye · 81 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in May
- Aleppo Syria · 88 km · 3,133 h sun/yr · best in May
- Adıyaman Türkiye · 124 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Gaziantep compares month by month: Gaziantep vs Adana · Gaziantep vs Malatya · Gaziantep vs Şanlıurfa · Gaziantep vs Antakya · all comparisons
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