Ankara climate — normals and trends
Ankara (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 433 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Ankara averages 97 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Ankara has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 13 January 1940).
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
AnkaraAnkara
- coords
- 39.92°, 32.85°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.0°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
433mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.4 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
40.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
13 January 1940
Wettest day
45 mm
19 November 1994
Windiest day
47.6 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
13 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
12 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.2 h
15 June 1950
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 | 7.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 23 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 4.6 °C | -0.9 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +6.3 °C | 5 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 15.0 °C | -0.8 °C | 92 mm | +41 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 45 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 22 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 4 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 17 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 17.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 35 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 15.8 °C | +3.8 °C | 20 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 50 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ankara?
Ankara has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.0 °C and it receives 433 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ankara?
The hottest day measured in Ankara between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ankara?
The coldest day measured in Ankara between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1940, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ankara?
Yes. Ankara gets on average 57.4 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Ankara warmed?
Yes: Ankara warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ankara?
The wettest day measured in Ankara between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1994, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ankara?
The windiest day measured in Ankara between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 47.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ankara?
The warmest month in Ankara is August (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ankara?
Ankara receives on average 433 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ankara?
Ankara gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ankara?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ankara between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1969, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ankara?
Yes: Ankara has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ankara?
In Ankara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 13 January 1940.
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