Hakkari weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · small town · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Hakkari is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with August and September close behind. Hakkari averages about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,038
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 332 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 78k
- Elevation
- 1,854 m

When is the best time to visit Hakkari?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hakkari is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hakkari?
Hakkari is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate July (96) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #16 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 April, carries about 42% of the annual 332 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -7° / 19°F | 31 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 49 mm | 5 |
| April | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 6 |
| May | 83 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 35 mm | 8 |
| June | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 11 mm | 10 |
| July | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| August | 96 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| September | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| October | 76 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 30 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -1° / 30°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -6° / 21°F | 35 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Urmia Iran · 74 km · best in Sep · 3,227 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 129 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Erbil Iraq · 148 km · best in Oct · 3,144 h sun/yr
- Tabriz Iran · 187 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 211 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Sulaymaniyah Iraq · 241 km · best in May · 3,158 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Şırnak Türkiye · 194 km · 3,014 h sun/yr · best in May
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