Baskil

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]

Baskil
Municipality
Baskil Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 38°34′11″N 38°49′23″E
Country	Turkey
Province	Elazığ
District	Baskil
Government
• Mayor	İhsan Akmurat (AKP)
Population  (2021)[1]	4,826
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)
Postal code	23800
Climate	Csa
Website	www.baskil.bel.tr

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]