Çan climate — normals and trends
Çan (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 827 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Çan averages 46 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Çan has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 56 to 36 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -22.9 °C (on 4 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
- 40.03°, 27.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.0°C
Average daily high
17.6°C
Average daily low
8.8°C
Annual rainfall
827mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
73.3 cm
Average feels-like high
16.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
40.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.6 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-22.9 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
204 mm
3 July 1959
Windiest day
41.2 km/h
1 February 2015
Strongest gust
116.6 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
28 June 1982
Coldest feels-like
-27.1 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
48.9 cm
22 January 2004
Sunniest day
14.3 h
6 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 83 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 50 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +4.7 °C | 58 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 69 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 50 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | -39 mm |
| Jul | 30.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 4 mm | -19 mm |
| Aug | 28.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 7 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 24.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 17 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 112 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 17.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 59 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 10.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 29 mm | -92 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çan?
Çan has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.0 °C and it receives 827 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çan?
The hottest day measured in Çan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çan?
The coldest day measured in Çan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -22.9 °C.
Does it snow in Çan?
Yes. Çan gets on average 73.3 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Çan warmed?
Yes: Çan warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çan?
The wettest day measured in Çan between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1959, with 204 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çan?
The windiest day measured in Çan between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2015, with winds reaching 41.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çan?
The warmest month in Çan is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Çan?
Çan receives on average 827 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çan?
Çan gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with 48.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çan?
Yes: Çan has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çan?
In Çan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 28 June 1982, and the lowest was -27.1 °C on 4 January 1942.
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