Bayburt climate — normals and trends
Bayburt (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 514 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 (17.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Bayburt averages 171 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Bayburt has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 184 to 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 11 July 2018) and the coldest -31.6 °C (on 11 February 2020).
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
BayburtBayburt Province
- coords
- 40.26°, 40.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
11.2°C
Average daily low
-0.3°C
Annual rainfall
514mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
171 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
6 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
176.5 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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
35.4 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest day
-31.6 °C
11 February 2020
Wettest day
48 mm
5 November 2006
Windiest day
38.1 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
119.2 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
34.7 °C
6 August 2025
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
11 February 2020
Snowiest day
25.2 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.8 h
2 July 1948
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | -3.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 57 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 63 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 117 mm | +48 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 49 mm | -27 mm |
| Jun | 22.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 27 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 34 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -14 mm |
| Sep | 21.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 19 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 31 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 19 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 2.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 42 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bayburt?
Bayburt has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 514 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bayburt?
The hottest day measured in Bayburt between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, reaching 35.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bayburt?
The coldest day measured in Bayburt between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2020, at -31.6 °C.
Does it snow in Bayburt?
Yes. Bayburt gets on average 176.5 cm of snow per year and has around 171 frost days.
Has the climate of Bayburt warmed?
Yes: Bayburt warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bayburt?
The wettest day measured in Bayburt between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 2006, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bayburt?
The windiest day measured in Bayburt between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 38.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bayburt?
The warmest month in Bayburt is August (17.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bayburt?
Bayburt receives on average 514 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bayburt?
Bayburt gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bayburt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bayburt between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 25.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bayburt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bayburt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bayburt?
In Bayburt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 6 August 2025, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 11 February 2020.
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