Fethiye climate — normals and trends
Fethiye (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 656 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Fethiye averages 34 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.
Fethiye has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 48 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 1 July 2017) and the coldest -17.9 °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
FethiyeMuğla
- coords
- 36.64°, 29.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.0°C
Average daily high
21.1°C
Average daily low
9.6°C
Annual rainfall
656mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
34 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
77 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
84 d/yr
Annual snowfall
6.1 cm
Average feels-like high
20.4 °C
Average feels-like low
7.4 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
30 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
42.4 °C
1 July 2017
Coldest day
-17.9 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
108 mm
24 November 2001
Windiest day
24.0 km/h
5 February 1950
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
27 January 2021
Hottest feels-like
43.7 °C
1 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-23.6 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.2 cm
13 January 1974
Sunniest day
14.0 h
15 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 63 mm | -55 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | -0.3 °C | 6 mm | -86 mm |
| Mar | 19.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 29 mm | -51 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | -0.1 °C | 80 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 25.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 63 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 32.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 17 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 34.7 °C | +1.9 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 5 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 4 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 63 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 20.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 30 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 14.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -75 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fethiye?
Fethiye has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.0 °C and it receives 656 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fethiye?
The hottest day measured in Fethiye between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2017, reaching 42.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fethiye?
The coldest day measured in Fethiye between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Fethiye?
Yes. Fethiye gets on average 6.1 cm of snow per year and has around 34 frost days.
Has the climate of Fethiye warmed?
Yes: Fethiye warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fethiye?
The wettest day measured in Fethiye between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2001, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fethiye?
The windiest day measured in Fethiye between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fethiye?
The warmest month in Fethiye is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Fethiye?
Fethiye receives on average 656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fethiye?
Fethiye gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fethiye?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fethiye between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1974, with 12.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fethiye?
Yes: Fethiye has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fethiye?
In Fethiye, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 1 July 2017, and the lowest was -23.6 °C on 4 January 1942.
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