Kahramanmaraş weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · regional city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Kahramanmaraş is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with October and April close behind. Kahramanmaraş averages about 2,899 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 32 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,899
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 500 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈60 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 385k
- Elevation
- 508 m
When is the best time to visit Kahramanmaraş?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kahramanmaraş is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kahramanmaraş?
Kahramanmaraş gets a lot of sun: around 2,899 hours a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate May (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #29 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 48% of the annual 500 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 86 mm | 2 |
| February | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 71 mm | 2 |
| March | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 59 mm | 4 |
| April | 87 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 49 mm | 6 |
| May | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 32 mm | 7 |
| June | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 12 mm | 9 |
| July | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| August | 38 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| September | 84 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 13 mm | 7 |
| October | 90 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 35 mm | 4 |
| November | 65 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 53 mm | 2 |
| December | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 82 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Gaziantep Türkiye · 81 km · best in May · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 141 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Antakya Türkiye · 144 km · best in May · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Adana Türkiye · 160 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 172 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Tarsus Türkiye · 182 km · best in Oct · 3,101 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Adıyaman Türkiye · 135 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in May
- Aleppo Syria · 153 km · 3,133 h sun/yr · best in May
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