Bulanık climate — normals and trends
Bulanık (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 582 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Bulanık averages 135 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Bulanık has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 152 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 11 July 2018) and the coldest -27.3 °C (on 28 January 2016).
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
BulanıkMuş
- coords
- 39.09°, 42.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
14.2°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
582mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
163.7 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
11 July 2018
Coldest day
-27.3 °C
28 January 2016
Wettest day
48 mm
2 December 1994
Windiest day
34.6 km/h
13 January 1954
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
13 January 1954
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
20 January 1972
Snowiest day
33.5 cm
2 December 1994
Sunniest day
14.2 h
1 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +3.1 °C | 6 mm | -46 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | -1.8 °C | 46 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 57 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 122 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 69 mm | -17 mm |
| Jun | 26.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 31 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 25 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 96 mm | +45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bulanık?
Bulanık has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 582 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bulanık?
The hottest day measured in Bulanık between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bulanık?
The coldest day measured in Bulanık between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 2016, at -27.3 °C.
Does it snow in Bulanık?
Yes. Bulanık gets on average 163.7 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Bulanık warmed?
Yes: Bulanık warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bulanık?
The wettest day measured in Bulanık between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bulanık?
The windiest day measured in Bulanık between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1954, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bulanık?
The warmest month in Bulanık is August (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Bulanık?
Bulanık receives on average 582 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bulanık?
Bulanık gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bulanık?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bulanık between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 33.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bulanık?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bulanık.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bulanık?
In Bulanık, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 20 January 1972.
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