Best time to visit Diyarbakır

Diyarbakır is a city of two halves. October scores 89 and August scores 30 — a 59-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. Only 3 months come close to the top, which makes the timing narrow.

July is the warmest month at 40.4 °C and January the coolest at 7.4 °C — a 33 °C spread across the year. 133 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season. At the other end, 65 nights a year fall below freezing: the winter here is a real one.

There is a real wet season here. January, February, March, April and December carry the rain — up to 11 wet days in a month — while June to September drop as low as 0. That 11-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Diyarbakır, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 9.6 hours in winter to 14.8 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are October, May, April. The one to think twice about is August. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Diyarbakır month by month