Çanakkale climate — normals and trends
Çanakkale (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 666 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Çanakkale averages 12 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Çanakkale has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 17 to 7 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -12.2 °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
ÇanakkaleCanakkale
- coords
- 40.16°, 26.41°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.9°C
Average daily high
18.2°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
666mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
21.8km/h
Seasonal range
18.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
26.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
40.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
37.4 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-12.2 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
94 mm
16 November 1955
Windiest day
54.9 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
14 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-17.1 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
34.0 cm
22 January 2004
Sunniest day
14.5 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 60 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 8.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 25 mm | -55 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 34 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 55 mm | +0 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 44 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 3 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 28.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 6 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 19.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Nov | 17.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 67 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 11.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | -80 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çanakkale?
Çanakkale has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.9 °C and it receives 666 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çanakkale?
The hottest day measured in Çanakkale between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çanakkale?
The coldest day measured in Çanakkale between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -12.2 °C.
Does it snow in Çanakkale?
Yes. Çanakkale gets on average 26.4 cm of snow per year and has around 12 frost days.
Has the climate of Çanakkale warmed?
Yes: Çanakkale warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çanakkale?
The wettest day measured in Çanakkale between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1955, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çanakkale?
The windiest day measured in Çanakkale between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 54.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çanakkale?
The warmest month in Çanakkale is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Çanakkale?
Çanakkale receives on average 666 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çanakkale?
Çanakkale gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çanakkale?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çanakkale between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2004, with 34.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çanakkale?
Yes: Çanakkale has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çanakkale?
In Çanakkale, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -17.1 °C on 4 January 1942.
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