Şırnak weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · small town · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Şırnak is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with October and April close behind. Şırnak averages about 3,014 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 33 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,014
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 447 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈47 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 68k
- Elevation
- 620 m
When is the best time to visit Şırnak?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Şırnak is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 61 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Şırnak?
Şırnak is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,014 hours of sunshine a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate May (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #21 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 March, carries about 44% of the annual 447 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 61 mm | 2 |
| February | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 62 mm | 3 |
| March | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 68 mm | 4 |
| April | 85 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 66 mm | 5 |
| May | 91 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 33 mm | 7 |
| June | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 21° / 70°F | 6 mm | 10 |
| July | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 25° / 77°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| October | 90 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 35 mm | 4 |
| November | 66 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| December | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 63 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Batman Türkiye · 104 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
- Mardin Türkiye · 127 km · best in May · 3,088 h sun/yr
- Muş Türkiye · 158 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 166 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Diyarbakır Türkiye · 174 km · best in Oct · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Erbil Iraq · 210 km · best in Oct · 3,144 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Qamishli Syria · 86 km · 3,075 h sun/yr · best in Oct
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