Bursa climate — normals and trends
Bursa (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 862 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Bursa averages 34 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 116 rainy days per year.
Bursa has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 48 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -16.8 °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
BursaBursa Province
- coords
- 40.20°, 29.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
17.8°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
862mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.3km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
34 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
116 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.1 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
8.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
40.7 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-16.8 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
78 mm
4 July 1959
Windiest day
30.8 km/h
17 October 1958
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-21.9 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.3 cm
29 December 2016
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 64 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | -2.0 °C | 72 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 17.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 62 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 75 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 22.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 71 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 1 mm | -29 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 14 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 140 mm | +67 mm |
| Nov | 18.5 °C | +3.9 °C | 44 mm | -42 mm |
| Dec | 10.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 97 mm | -13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bursa?
Bursa has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 862 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bursa?
The hottest day measured in Bursa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bursa?
The coldest day measured in Bursa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -16.8 °C.
Does it snow in Bursa?
Yes. Bursa gets on average 73.1 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.
Has the climate of Bursa warmed?
Yes: Bursa warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bursa?
The wettest day measured in Bursa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bursa?
The windiest day measured in Bursa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1958, with winds reaching 30.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bursa?
The warmest month in Bursa is August (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bursa?
Bursa receives on average 862 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 116 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bursa?
Bursa 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 Bursa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bursa between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2016, with 29.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bursa?
Yes: Bursa has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bursa?
In Bursa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 13 July 2000, and the lowest was -21.9 °C on 5 January 1942.
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