Bucak climate — normals and trends
Bucak (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 899 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 (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bucak averages 64 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Bucak has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 80 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -27.8 °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
- 37.46°, 30.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
7.1°C
Annual rainfall
899mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
64 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
44 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
37.9 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
108 mm
18 October 2006
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
23 March 2007
Strongest gust
126.0 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.7 cm
11 January 2004
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
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 | 10.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 91 mm | -56 mm |
| Feb | 7.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 36 mm | -82 mm |
| Mar | 15.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 42 mm | -60 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 163 mm | +77 mm |
| May | 21.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 54 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 6 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | -0.8 °C | 148 mm | +82 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 53 mm | -44 mm |
| Dec | 9.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 81 mm | -74 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bucak?
Bucak has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 899 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bucak?
The hottest day measured in Bucak between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bucak?
The coldest day measured in Bucak between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bucak?
Yes. Bucak gets on average 51.4 cm of snow per year and has around 64 frost days.
Has the climate of Bucak warmed?
Yes: Bucak warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bucak?
The wettest day measured in Bucak between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2006, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bucak?
The windiest day measured in Bucak between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 2007, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bucak?
The warmest month in Bucak is August (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bucak?
Bucak receives on average 899 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bucak?
Bucak gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bucak?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bucak between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 2004, with 29.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bucak?
Yes: Bucak has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bucak?
In Bucak, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 13 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 5 January 1942.
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