Baskil

Municipality in Elazığ, Turkey

38°34′11″N 38°49′23″E / 38.56972°N 38.82306°E / 38.56972; 38.82306CountryTurkeyProvinceElazığDistrictBaskilGovernment

• Mayorİhsan Akmurat (AKP)Population

(2021)^[1]

4,826Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)Postal code

23800

Climate CsaWebsitewww.baskil.bel.tr

Baskil (Kurdish: Baskîl)^[2] is a town of Elazığ Province of Turkey. It is the seat of Baskil District.^[3] Its population is 4,826 (2021).^[1]

In the 2019 local elections, AKP mayor İhsan Akmurat narrowly won reelection, beating the MHP candidate Tuncer Turus by 49.77% to 48.57%.^[4]

Climate

Baskil has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen: Dsa),^[5] with hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters.^[6]

Climate data for Baskil (1991–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	2.9 (37.2)	4.9 (40.8)	10.6 (51.1)	16.4 (61.5)	21.9 (71.4)	28.1 (82.6)	32.6 (90.7)	32.7 (90.9)	27.7 (81.9)	20.4 (68.7)	11.3 (52.3)	4.6 (40.3)	17.9 (64.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−1.2 (29.8)	0.3 (32.5)	5.4 (41.7)	10.8 (51.4)	15.7 (60.3)	21.2 (70.2)	25.4 (77.7)	25.4 (77.7)	20.7 (69.3)	14.3 (57.7)	6.4 (43.5)	0.9 (33.6)	12.2 (54.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−4.6 (23.7)	−3.7 (25.3)	0.6 (33.1)	5.4 (41.7)	9.4 (48.9)	13.6 (56.5)	17.4 (63.3)	17.6 (63.7)	13.4 (56.1)	8.7 (47.7)	2.0 (35.6)	−2.4 (27.7)	6.5 (43.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	38.1 (1.50)	46.55 (1.83)	44.32 (1.74)	63.06 (2.48)	56.76 (2.23)	12.29 (0.48)	2.72 (0.11)	2.26 (0.09)	8.36 (0.33)	34.69 (1.37)	41.94 (1.65)	44.24 (1.74)	395.29 (15.56)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	6.6	7.6	7.5	8.4	8.1	2.7	1.5	1.6	2.5	4.9	5.7	7.2	64.3
Source: NOAA^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ Avcıkıran, Adem (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56.
^ İlçe Belediyesi, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ "Baskil Elazığ Seçim Sonuçları - 31 Mart 2019 Yerel Seçimleri". www.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data.
^ "Kar Örtülü Gün Sayısı" (PDF). MGM.
^ "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991-2020 — Baskil". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 13 January 2024.