Arsuz climate — normals and trends
Arsuz (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 871 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Arsuz averages 1 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Arsuz has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 2 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -7.9 °C (on 5 February 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
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- coords
- 36.41°, 35.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.9°C
Average daily high
20.8°C
Average daily low
15.3°C
Annual rainfall
871mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
16.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
1 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.5 °C
Average feels-like low
15.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
115 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.1 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-7.9 °C
5 February 1950
Wettest day
88 mm
11 December 1968
Windiest day
40.1 km/h
12 January 1954
Strongest gust
116.3 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
44.3 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-12.7 °C
5 February 1950
Snowiest day
13.7 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
18 June 2025
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 | 15.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 8 mm | -136 mm |
| Feb | 11.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 64 mm | -64 mm |
| Mar | 19.4 °C | +4.0 °C | 28 mm | -92 mm |
| Apr | 19.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 74 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 65 mm | +21 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 6 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 9 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 30.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 17 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 29.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 36 mm | +10 mm |
| Oct | 24.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 133 mm | +56 mm |
| Nov | 22.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 25 mm | -69 mm |
| Dec | 15.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 102 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Arsuz?
Arsuz has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.9 °C and it receives 871 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Arsuz?
The hottest day measured in Arsuz between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Arsuz?
The coldest day measured in Arsuz between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at -7.9 °C.
Does it snow in Arsuz?
Yes. Arsuz gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 1 frost days.
Has the climate of Arsuz warmed?
Yes: Arsuz warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Arsuz?
The wettest day measured in Arsuz between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1968, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Arsuz?
The windiest day measured in Arsuz between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1954, with winds reaching 40.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Arsuz?
The warmest month in Arsuz is August (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Arsuz?
Arsuz receives on average 871 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Arsuz?
Arsuz gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Arsuz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Arsuz between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 13.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Arsuz?
Yes: Arsuz has on average 115 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Arsuz?
In Arsuz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 9 August 2025, and the lowest was -12.7 °C on 5 February 1950.
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