Batken climate — normals and trends
Batken (Kyrgyzstan) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 898 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Batken averages 110 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Batken has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 127 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 11 July 1944) and the coldest -20.8 °C (on 14 December 1950).
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
BatkenBatken
- coords
- 40.06°, 70.82°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
898mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
125.8 cm
Average feels-like high
12.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
25.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
35.1 °C
11 July 1944
Coldest day
-20.8 °C
14 December 1950
Wettest day
53 mm
24 April 2003
Windiest day
30.7 km/h
1 May 1977
Strongest gust
67.0 km/h
4 April 1982
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
4 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-25.9 °C
1 January 1949
Snowiest day
15.8 cm
21 February 2008
Sunniest day
14.5 h
27 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 29 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 10.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 89 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 17.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 157 mm | +17 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 91 mm | -41 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 61 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 29.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 41 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 32 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 17.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 51 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 11 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 92 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Batken?
Batken has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 898 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Batken?
The hottest day measured in Batken between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1944, reaching 35.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Batken?
The coldest day measured in Batken between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1950, at -20.8 °C.
Does it snow in Batken?
Yes. Batken gets on average 125.8 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Batken warmed?
Yes: Batken warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Batken?
The wettest day measured in Batken between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2003, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Batken?
The windiest day measured in Batken between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 1977, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Batken?
The warmest month in Batken is July (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Batken?
Batken receives on average 898 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Batken?
Batken gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Batken?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Batken between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2008, with 15.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Batken?
Yes: Batken has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Batken?
In Batken, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 4 July 2025, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 1 January 1949.
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