Bafra climate — normals and trends
Bafra (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 694 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bafra averages 22 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Bafra has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 12 July 1969) and the coldest -12.4 °C (on 6 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
BafraSamsun
- coords
- 41.57°, 35.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
10.3°C
Annual rainfall
694mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
14.4km/h
Seasonal range
17.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.2 cm
Average feels-like high
16.5 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
36.7 °C
12 July 1969
Coldest day
-12.4 °C
6 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
23 September 1970
Windiest day
44.3 km/h
1 October 1993
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
25 November 2001
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
12 July 1969
Coldest feels-like
-19.6 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.9 cm
5 January 2002
Sunniest day
14.9 h
15 June 1950
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 44 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 6.1 °C | -2.8 °C | 146 mm | +81 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 50 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 90 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | -0.1 °C | 48 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 6 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 28.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 12 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 50 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 19.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 89 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 22 mm | -48 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 93 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bafra?
Bafra has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 694 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bafra?
The hottest day measured in Bafra between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1969, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bafra?
The coldest day measured in Bafra between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1942, at -12.4 °C.
Does it snow in Bafra?
Yes. Bafra gets on average 50.2 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Bafra warmed?
Yes: Bafra warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bafra?
The wettest day measured in Bafra between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1970, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bafra?
The windiest day measured in Bafra between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1993, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bafra?
The warmest month in Bafra is August (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Bafra?
Bafra receives on average 694 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bafra?
Bafra gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bafra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bafra between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2002, with 24.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bafra?
Yes: Bafra has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bafra?
In Bafra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 12 July 1969, and the lowest was -19.6 °C on 6 January 1942.
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