Afyonkarahisar climate — normals and trends
Afyonkarahisar (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 445 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Afyonkarahisar averages 101 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Afyonkarahisar has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 85 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 26 July 2012) and the coldest -31.7 °C (on 5 January 1942).
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
AfyonkarahisarAfyonkarahisar Province
- coords
- 38.76°, 30.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
445mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
25 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.7 cm
Average feels-like high
14.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
38.3 °C
26 July 2012
Coldest day
-31.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
5 July 1972
Windiest day
41.1 km/h
10 March 1958
Strongest gust
114.1 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
26 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-36.3 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.7 cm
11 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 37 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 25 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +6.1 °C | 23 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 103 mm | +48 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 12 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 33.4 °C | +5.2 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 32.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 14 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 37 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 15 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 7.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 34 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Afyonkarahisar?
Afyonkarahisar has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 445 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Afyonkarahisar?
The hottest day measured in Afyonkarahisar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2012, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Afyonkarahisar?
The coldest day measured in Afyonkarahisar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -31.7 °C.
Does it snow in Afyonkarahisar?
Yes. Afyonkarahisar gets on average 68.7 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Afyonkarahisar warmed?
Yes: Afyonkarahisar warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Afyonkarahisar?
The wettest day measured in Afyonkarahisar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1972, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Afyonkarahisar?
The windiest day measured in Afyonkarahisar between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1958, with winds reaching 41.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Afyonkarahisar?
The warmest month in Afyonkarahisar is August (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Afyonkarahisar?
Afyonkarahisar receives on average 445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Afyonkarahisar?
Afyonkarahisar gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Afyonkarahisar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Afyonkarahisar between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1969, with 21.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Afyonkarahisar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Afyonkarahisar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Afyonkarahisar?
In Afyonkarahisar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 26 July 2012, and the lowest was -36.3 °C on 5 January 1942.
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