Van weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · alpine / mountain city · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Van is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 97/100), with July and September close behind. Van averages about 3,151 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,151
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 97/100
- Rain / year
- 447 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈77 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 525k
- Elevation
- 1,655 m
When is the best time to visit Van?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Van is August, then July and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 46 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Van?
Van is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,151 hours of sunshine a year. 97 Sunshine Score points separate August (97) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,990 hours. The year's 447 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 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 43 mm | 3 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 60 mm | 5 |
| April | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 67 mm | 6 |
| May | 82 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 47 mm | 7 |
| June | 94 | 26° / 79°F | 17° / 63°F | 18 mm | 10 |
| July | 96 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 7 mm | 10 |
| August | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| September | 96 | 25° / 77°F | 17° / 63°F | 11 mm | 7 |
| October | 67 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 46 mm | 4 |
| November | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 3° / 37°F | 46 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -5° / 23°F | 52 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Muş Türkiye · 148 km · best in Sep · 2,962 h sun/yr
- Urmia Iran · 176 km · best in Sep · 3,227 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 201 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Batman Türkiye · 203 km · best in May · 3,078 h sun/yr
- Yerevan Armenia · 208 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
- Kars Türkiye · 234 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hakkari Türkiye · 129 km · 3,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ağrı Türkiye · 135 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Şırnak Türkiye · 166 km · 3,014 h sun/yr · best in May
- Iğdır Türkiye · 174 km · 2,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Van compares month by month: Van vs Erbil · Van vs Tabriz · Van vs Urmia · Van vs Nakhchivan · all comparisons
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