Weather in Bursa in August

A good month. August works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 33.4 °C, lows 19.9 °C, and rain falls on 3 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

August ranks 9 of 12 in Bursa: past the worst of the year but short of May, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain falls on only 3 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Pack for 33.4 °C days and 19.9 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 10 days clear 35 °C, so a serious heatwave is normal rather than notable. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest August day reached 42.2 °C and the coldest night fell to 12.6 °C.

This is the volatile part. August rainfall has ranged from 1 mm to 45 mm across the twenty years measured — a 44 mm spread around an average of 13 mm. The average is real but almost no individual August looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 9.6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 59%.

How August sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 32.9 °C in July, 33.4 here, 29 in September. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in August

13.8 hours of daylight, losing 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Bursa's extremes of 15 and 9.3 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 31.6 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

August in Bursa versus nearby

If Bursa is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Istanbul is a better bet in August — 4 °C cooler, 1 day more rain. Eskişehir is close enough to be a coin toss — 2 °C cooler, 1 day more rain.

So: August is a compromise. May is 20 points better and is what Bursa is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Bursa

See all twelve months in Bursa, or where else to go in August.