Ahlat climate — normals and trends
Ahlat (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 582 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ahlat averages 107 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Ahlat has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 121 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -19.1 °C (on 19 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
AhlatBitlis
- coords
- 38.75°, 42.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.9°C
Average daily high
11.9°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
582mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
11 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °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
32.1 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
19 January 1964
Wettest day
51 mm
1 November 2016
Windiest day
45.4 km/h
13 January 1954
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
29 October 2003
Hottest feels-like
33.8 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-25.3 °C
19 January 1964
Snowiest day
32.8 cm
2 December 1994
Sunniest day
14.1 h
11 July 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 5 mm | -57 mm |
| Feb | -1.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 52 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 6.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 45 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 10.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 115 mm | +40 mm |
| May | 17.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 57 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 23.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 11 mm | -18 mm |
| Jul | 27.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 11 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 37 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 28 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 109 mm | +48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ahlat?
Ahlat has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.9 °C and it receives 582 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ahlat?
The hottest day measured in Ahlat between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ahlat?
The coldest day measured in Ahlat between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1964, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ahlat?
Yes. Ahlat gets on average 187.2 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Ahlat warmed?
Yes: Ahlat warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ahlat?
The wettest day measured in Ahlat between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2016, with 51 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ahlat?
The windiest day measured in Ahlat between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1954, with winds reaching 45.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ahlat?
The warmest month in Ahlat is August (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Ahlat?
Ahlat receives on average 582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ahlat?
Ahlat gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ahlat?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ahlat between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 32.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ahlat?
Yes: Ahlat has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ahlat?
In Ahlat, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.8 °C on 11 July 2018, and the lowest was -25.3 °C on 19 January 1964.
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