Sivas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · alpine / mountain city · continental climate
The best time to visit Sivas is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with July and September close behind. Sivas averages about 2,947 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,947
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 460 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 264k
- Elevation
- 1,583 m
When is the best time to visit Sivas?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sivas is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sivas?
Sivas gets a lot of sun: around 2,947 hours a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate August (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 460 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 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 37 mm | 4 |
| March | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| April | 29 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 48 mm | 5 |
| May | 64 | 17° / 63°F | 5° / 41°F | 61 mm | 7 |
| June | 90 | 22° / 72°F | 8° / 46°F | 37 mm | 9 |
| July | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 14 mm | 10 |
| August | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 11° / 52°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| September | 92 | 22° / 72°F | 8° / 46°F | 23 mm | 7 |
| October | 59 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 40 mm | 4 |
| November | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -7° / 19°F | 43 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Samsun Türkiye · 163 km · best in Aug · 2,195 h sun/yr
- Ordu Türkiye · 163 km · best in Aug · 2,269 h sun/yr
- Kayseri Türkiye · 168 km · best in Jul · 3,050 h sun/yr
- Malatya Türkiye · 184 km · best in Jun · 3,038 h sun/yr
- Nevşehir Türkiye · 234 km · best in Jul · 3,037 h sun/yr
- Elazığ Türkiye · 246 km · best in Sep · 3,000 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tokat Türkiye · 72 km · 2,431 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Amasya Türkiye · 163 km · 2,636 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Sivas compares month by month: Sivas vs Kayseri · Sivas vs Samsun · Sivas vs Ordu · all comparisons
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