Erzurum climate — normals and trends
Erzurum (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 630 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-8.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Erzurum averages 182 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Erzurum 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 193 to 171 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 5 August 2025) and the coldest -34.5 °C (on 3 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
ErzurumErzurum
- coords
- 39.91°, 41.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
10.2°C
Average daily low
-1.0°C
Annual rainfall
630mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
182 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
187.3 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.0 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
34.1 °C
5 August 2025
Coldest day
-34.5 °C
3 January 2016
Wettest day
43 mm
22 December 1967
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
23 April 2017
Strongest gust
110.5 km/h
24 March 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.3 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-39.6 °C
3 January 2016
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.5 h
27 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 11 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | -3.6 °C | -2.0 °C | 59 mm | +14 mm |
| Mar | 5.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 73 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 9.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 133 mm | +55 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 107 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 21.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 48 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 29 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 29.9 °C | +6.3 °C | 6 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 21.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 23 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +5.1 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 1.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 46 mm | +9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Erzurum?
Erzurum has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Erzurum?
The hottest day measured in Erzurum between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2025, reaching 34.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Erzurum?
The coldest day measured in Erzurum between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2016, at -34.5 °C.
Does it snow in Erzurum?
Yes. Erzurum gets on average 187.3 cm of snow per year and has around 182 frost days.
Has the climate of Erzurum warmed?
Yes: Erzurum warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Erzurum?
The wettest day measured in Erzurum between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Erzurum?
The windiest day measured in Erzurum between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 2017, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Erzurum?
The warmest month in Erzurum is August (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-8.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Erzurum?
Erzurum receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Erzurum?
Erzurum 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 Erzurum?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Erzurum between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Erzurum?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Erzurum.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Erzurum?
In Erzurum, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.3 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -39.6 °C on 3 January 2016.
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