Akhalts'ikhe climate — normals and trends
Akhalts'ikhe (Georgia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 1,601 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Akhalts'ikhe averages 157 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 209 rainy days per year.
Akhalts'ikhe has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 171 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.2 °C (on 31 July 2000) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 11 February 2020).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Akhalts'ikheSamtskhe-Javakheti
- coords
- 41.64°, 42.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.7°C
Average daily high
10.7°C
Average daily low
1.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,601mm
Sunshine / day
8.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
8.3km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
157 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
209 d/yr
Annual snowfall
280.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.2 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
11 February 2020
Wettest day
80 mm
5 August 1970
Windiest day
20.0 km/h
20 February 2008
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
12 November 2015
Hottest feels-like
36.7 °C
31 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-31.1 °C
11 February 2020
Snowiest day
44.5 cm
6 February 2024
Sunniest day
14.3 h
2 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 51 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | -2.7 °C | 97 mm | +18 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 81 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 239 mm | +110 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 266 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 18.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 150 mm | -62 mm |
| Jul | 22.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 133 mm | -42 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 58 mm | -108 mm |
| Sep | 17.9 °C | -0.3 °C | 185 mm | +40 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | +1.2 °C | 131 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +6.4 °C | 8 mm | -81 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 96 mm | +12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Akhalts'ikhe?
Akhalts'ikhe has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.7 °C and it receives 1,601 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Akhalts'ikhe?
The hottest day measured in Akhalts'ikhe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 2000, reaching 33.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Akhalts'ikhe?
The coldest day measured in Akhalts'ikhe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2020, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Akhalts'ikhe?
Yes. Akhalts'ikhe gets on average 280.2 cm of snow per year and has around 157 frost days.
Has the climate of Akhalts'ikhe warmed?
Yes: Akhalts'ikhe warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Akhalts'ikhe?
The wettest day measured in Akhalts'ikhe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1970, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Akhalts'ikhe?
The windiest day measured in Akhalts'ikhe between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2008, with winds reaching 20.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Akhalts'ikhe?
The warmest month in Akhalts'ikhe is August (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Akhalts'ikhe?
Akhalts'ikhe receives on average 1,601 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 209 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Akhalts'ikhe?
Akhalts'ikhe gets on average 8.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,103 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Akhalts'ikhe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Akhalts'ikhe between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2024, with 44.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Akhalts'ikhe?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Akhalts'ikhe.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Akhalts'ikhe?
In Akhalts'ikhe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was -31.1 °C on 11 February 2020.
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