Birecik climate — normals and trends
Birecik (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 312 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 (31.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Birecik averages 28 frost days, 142 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 53 rainy days per year.
Birecik has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 36 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.4 °C (on 28 July 2011) and the coldest -14.6 °C (on 17 January 1973).
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
BirecikŞanlıurfa
- coords
- 37.03°, 37.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.2°C
Average daily high
24.5°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
312mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
54%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
28 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
142 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
53 d/yr
Annual snowfall
8.1 cm
Average feels-like high
22.8 °C
Average feels-like low
10.3 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
92 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
48.4 °C
28 July 2011
Coldest day
-14.6 °C
17 January 1973
Wettest day
62 mm
18 April 1975
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
19 April 1958
Strongest gust
81.4 km/h
19 April 1958
Hottest feels-like
48.5 °C
21 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-19.9 °C
17 January 1973
Snowiest day
20.0 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.3 h
25 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 4 mm | -56 mm |
| Feb | 11.2 °C | -0.7 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 22.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 25 mm | -20 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 31 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 32.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 11 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 36.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 41.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 40.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 34.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 15 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 22.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 7 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 50 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Birecik?
Birecik has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.2 °C and it receives 312 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Birecik?
The hottest day measured in Birecik between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2011, reaching 48.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Birecik?
The coldest day measured in Birecik between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1973, at -14.6 °C.
Does it snow in Birecik?
Yes. Birecik gets on average 8.1 cm of snow per year and has around 28 frost days.
Has the climate of Birecik warmed?
Yes: Birecik warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Birecik?
The wettest day measured in Birecik between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1975, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Birecik?
The windiest day measured in Birecik between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1958, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Birecik?
The warmest month in Birecik is July (31.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Birecik?
Birecik receives on average 312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 53 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Birecik?
Birecik gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Birecik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Birecik between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 20.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Birecik?
Yes: Birecik has on average 92 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Birecik?
In Birecik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.5 °C on 21 July 1998, and the lowest was -19.9 °C on 17 January 1973.
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