Telavi climate — normals and trends
Telavi (Georgia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 718 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 July (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Telavi averages 124 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 119 rainy days per year.
Telavi has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 141 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 30 August 2006) and the coldest -26.2 °C (on 27 December 1948).
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
TelaviKakheti
- coords
- 41.92°, 45.47°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
718mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
7.8km/h
Seasonal range
24.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
119 d/yr
Annual snowfall
96.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
23.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
36.9 °C
30 August 2006
Coldest day
-26.2 °C
27 December 1948
Wettest day
58 mm
23 September 1951
Windiest day
28.8 km/h
8 February 1971
Strongest gust
81.0 km/h
20 April 1987
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
9 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
27 December 1948
Snowiest day
24.0 cm
19 March 1997
Sunniest day
14.0 h
3 July 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 8 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 69 mm | +23 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 72 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 118 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 20.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 132 mm | +45 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 90 mm | +30 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 23 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 111 mm | +53 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 39 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 1 mm | -50 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 38 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Telavi?
Telavi has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 718 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Telavi?
The hottest day measured in Telavi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 August 2006, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Telavi?
The coldest day measured in Telavi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1948, at -26.2 °C.
Does it snow in Telavi?
Yes. Telavi gets on average 96.3 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Telavi warmed?
Yes: Telavi warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Telavi?
The wettest day measured in Telavi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1951, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Telavi?
The windiest day measured in Telavi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1971, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Telavi?
The warmest month in Telavi is July (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Telavi?
Telavi receives on average 718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 119 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Telavi?
Telavi gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Telavi?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Telavi between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1997, with 24.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Telavi?
Yes: Telavi has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Telavi?
In Telavi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 9 August 2006, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 27 December 1948.
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