Kzyl-Kiya climate — normals and trends
Kzyl-Kiya (Kyrgyzstan) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 975 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kzyl-Kiya averages 109 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Kzyl-Kiya has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 92 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 1 August 1941) and the coldest -20.1 °C (on 15 January 1964).
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
Kzyl-KiyaBatken
- coords
- 40.26°, 72.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
975mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
8.0km/h
Seasonal range
25.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
184.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
23.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
1 August 1941
Coldest day
-20.1 °C
15 January 1964
Wettest day
63 mm
24 April 2003
Windiest day
26.2 km/h
4 June 1972
Strongest gust
71.3 km/h
12 March 2010
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
16 July 2015
Coldest feels-like
-24.9 °C
15 January 1964
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
19 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.2 h
2 July 1946
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 | 0.9 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 49 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 130 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 17.6 °C | +2.7 °C | 172 mm | +22 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 115 mm | -37 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 22 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 28 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 58 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 22 mm | -50 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 117 mm | +62 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kzyl-Kiya?
Kzyl-Kiya has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kzyl-Kiya?
The hottest day measured in Kzyl-Kiya between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1941, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kzyl-Kiya?
The coldest day measured in Kzyl-Kiya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1964, at -20.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kzyl-Kiya?
Yes. Kzyl-Kiya gets on average 184.6 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Kzyl-Kiya warmed?
Yes: Kzyl-Kiya warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kzyl-Kiya?
The wettest day measured in Kzyl-Kiya between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2003, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kzyl-Kiya?
The windiest day measured in Kzyl-Kiya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 June 1972, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kzyl-Kiya?
The warmest month in Kzyl-Kiya is July (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Kzyl-Kiya?
Kzyl-Kiya receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kzyl-Kiya?
Kzyl-Kiya gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kzyl-Kiya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kzyl-Kiya between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1968, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kzyl-Kiya?
Yes: Kzyl-Kiya has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kzyl-Kiya?
In Kzyl-Kiya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 16 July 2015, and the lowest was -24.9 °C on 15 January 1964.
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