Eskişehir climate — normals and trends
Eskişehir (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 418 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Eskişehir averages 86 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Eskişehir has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.5 °C (on 15 August 2023) and the coldest -29.7 °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
EskişehirEskişehir
- coords
- 39.78°, 30.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
418mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
86 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
59.0 cm
Average feels-like high
15.2 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
15 August 2023
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
38 mm
23 December 1986
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
26 February 1973
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
6 April 1956
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.2 cm
30 December 2014
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.0 °C | +5.1 °C | 44 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 5.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 21 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 18.2 °C | +7.5 °C | 15 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 86 mm | +37 mm |
| May | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 37 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 29.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 4 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +5.7 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 32.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 11 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 11 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 36 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 16 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 40 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eskişehir?
Eskişehir has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 418 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eskişehir?
The hottest day measured in Eskişehir between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2023, reaching 41.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eskişehir?
The coldest day measured in Eskişehir between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Eskişehir?
Yes. Eskişehir gets on average 59.0 cm of snow per year and has around 86 frost days.
Has the climate of Eskişehir warmed?
Yes: Eskişehir warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eskişehir?
The wettest day measured in Eskişehir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1986, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eskişehir?
The windiest day measured in Eskişehir between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1973, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eskişehir?
The warmest month in Eskişehir is August (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Eskişehir?
Eskişehir receives on average 418 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eskişehir?
Eskişehir gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eskişehir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eskişehir between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 2014, with 18.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eskişehir?
Yes: Eskişehir has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eskişehir?
In Eskişehir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 5 January 1942.
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