Afşin climate — normals and trends
Afşin (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 448 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Afşin averages 117 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 77 rainy days per year.
Afşin has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 134 to 100 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.0 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -27.6 °C (on 15 January 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
AfşinKahramanmaraş
- coords
- 38.25°, 36.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.9°C
Average daily high
15.8°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
448mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
77 d/yr
Annual snowfall
141.9 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
38.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.6 °C
15 January 1950
Wettest day
60 mm
6 January 2015
Windiest day
42.2 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
30 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
39.1 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
15 January 1950
Snowiest day
41.0 cm
6 January 2015
Sunniest day
14.6 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +6.6 °C | 6 mm | -66 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 47 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +7.4 °C | 71 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 73 mm | +20 mm |
| May | 22.5 °C | +2.3 °C | 56 mm | +18 mm |
| Jun | 27.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 7 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 2 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 33.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 26.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 13 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 14.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 52 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 61 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Afşin?
Afşin has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.9 °C and it receives 448 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afşin?
The hottest day measured in Afşin between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 38.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Afşin?
The coldest day measured in Afşin between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1950, at -27.6 °C.
Does it snow in Afşin?
Yes. Afşin gets on average 141.9 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Afşin warmed?
Yes: Afşin warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Afşin?
The wettest day measured in Afşin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Afşin?
The windiest day measured in Afşin between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Afşin?
The warmest month in Afşin is August (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Afşin?
Afşin receives on average 448 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 77 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Afşin?
Afşin 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 Afşin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Afşin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 41.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Afşin?
Yes: Afşin has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Afşin?
In Afşin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.1 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 15 January 1950.
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