Biga climate — normals and trends
Biga (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 671 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 July (24.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Biga averages 20 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Biga has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 27 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -15.3 °C (on 5 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
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- coords
- 40.23°, 27.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.7°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
11.0°C
Annual rainfall
671mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
20 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.8 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
40 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
41.0 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-15.3 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
119 mm
5 October 1991
Windiest day
46.9 km/h
1 February 2015
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
27 February 2004
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
28 June 1982
Coldest feels-like
-19.9 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
41.2 cm
22 January 2004
Sunniest day
14.3 h
5 July 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 | 12.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 74 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | -1.9 °C | 45 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 39 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 44 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 23.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 36 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 2 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 3 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 3 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 25.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 13 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 20.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 102 mm | +36 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 58 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 31 mm | -68 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Biga?
Biga has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.7 °C and it receives 671 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Biga?
The hottest day measured in Biga between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Biga?
The coldest day measured in Biga between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -15.3 °C.
Does it snow in Biga?
Yes. Biga gets on average 42.2 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.
Has the climate of Biga warmed?
Yes: Biga warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Biga?
The wettest day measured in Biga between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1991, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Biga?
The windiest day measured in Biga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2015, with winds reaching 46.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Biga?
The warmest month in Biga is July (24.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Biga?
Biga receives on average 671 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Biga?
Biga gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Biga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Biga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with 41.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Biga?
Yes: Biga has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Biga?
In Biga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 28 June 1982, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 5 January 1942.
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