Malatya weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Malatya is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with September and October close behind. Malatya averages about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 12 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,038
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 365 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈30 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 750k
- Elevation
- 850 m
When is the best time to visit Malatya?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Malatya is June, then September and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 48 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Malatya?
Malatya is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,038 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate June (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #15 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 365 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 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 48 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| March | 45 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 43 mm | 4 |
| April | 81 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 49 mm | 6 |
| May | 89 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 42 mm | 7 |
| June | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 12 mm | 9 |
| July | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| August | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 20° / 68°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| September | 95 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 9 mm | 7 |
| October | 91 | 23° / 73°F | 10° / 50°F | 34 mm | 4 |
| November | 45 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 38 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -2° / 28°F | 43 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Elazığ Türkiye · 105 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
- Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 131 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
- Gaziantep Türkiye · 174 km · best in May · 3,136 h sun/yr
- Sivas Türkiye · 184 km · best in Aug · 2,947 h sun/yr
- Diyarbakır Türkiye · 194 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Kayseri Türkiye · 229 km · best in Jul · 3,050 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Adıyaman Türkiye · 85 km · 3,031 h sun/yr · best in May
- Kahramanmaraş Türkiye · 141 km · 2,899 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Malatya compares month by month: Malatya vs Gaziantep · Malatya vs Şanlıurfa · Malatya vs Elazığ · all comparisons
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