Çankırı climate — normals and trends
Çankırı (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 413 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Çankırı averages 96 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Çankırı has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 29 July 2025) and the coldest -28.6 °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
ÇankırıÇankırı
- coords
- 40.60°, 33.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
413mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
60.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
41.5 °C
29 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
19 November 1994
Windiest day
41.6 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
9 October 2003
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
11 December 2010
Sunniest day
14.3 h
8 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 22 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 34 mm | -8 mm |
| Mar | 17.7 °C | +7.5 °C | 4 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 74 mm | +26 mm |
| May | 23.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 34.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 32.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 7 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 10 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 18.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 40 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 15.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 13 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Çankırı?
Çankırı has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 413 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Çankırı?
The hottest day measured in Çankırı between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2025, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Çankırı?
The coldest day measured in Çankırı between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Çankırı?
Yes. Çankırı gets on average 60.9 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Çankırı warmed?
Yes: Çankırı warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Çankırı?
The wettest day measured in Çankırı between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 1994, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Çankırı?
The windiest day measured in Çankırı between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 41.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Çankırı?
The warmest month in Çankırı is August (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Çankırı?
Çankırı receives on average 413 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Çankırı?
Çankırı gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Çankırı?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Çankırı between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2010, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Çankırı?
Yes: Çankırı has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Çankırı?
In Çankırı, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 4 January 1942.
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