Mardin weather by month & the best time to visit

🇹🇷 Türkiye · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Mardin is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with October and April close behind. Mardin averages about 3,088 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 21 mm of rain in May.

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Sun hours / year

3,088

Sunniest month

May

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

291 mm

Snow / year

≈13 cm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

130k

Elevation

513 m

When is the best time to visit Mardin?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Mardin is May, then October and April. The dullest month is July (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Mardin?

Mardin is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,088 hours of sunshine a year. 94 Sunshine Score points separate May (94) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #9 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 46% of the annual 291 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Diyarbakır Türkiye · 84 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Batman Türkiye · 89 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
• Şanlıurfa Türkiye · 155 km · best in May · 3,030 h sun/yr
• Muş Türkiye · 192 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
• Elazığ Türkiye · 193 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
• Malatya Türkiye · 261 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Qamishli Syria · 55 km · 3,075 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Şırnak Türkiye · 127 km · 3,014 h sun/yr · best in May
• Bingöl Türkiye · 182 km · 2,990 h sun/yr · best in Sep

Head-to-head

How Mardin compares month by month: Mardin vs Diyarbakır · Mardin vs Batman · Mardin vs Şanlıurfa · all comparisons