Genç climate — normals and trends
Genç (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 1,103 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Genç averages 126 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Genç has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 109 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -27.2 °C (on 22 December 1946).
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
GençBingöl
- coords
- 38.75°, 40.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,103mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
29.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
126 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
314.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
1.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
39.3 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
22 December 1946
Wettest day
72 mm
19 November 2023
Windiest day
29.9 km/h
29 March 1989
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
6 January 2015
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
22 December 1946
Snowiest day
47.3 cm
29 January 2008
Sunniest day
14.5 h
1 July 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 | 4.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 12 mm | -139 mm |
| Feb | 1.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 111 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 12.3 °C | +6.8 °C | 123 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 152 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 22.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 119 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 4 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 34.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 5 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 20.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 50 mm | -29 mm |
| Nov | 14.8 °C | +4.6 °C | 59 mm | -58 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +3.9 °C | 150 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Genç?
Genç has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 1,103 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Genç?
The hottest day measured in Genç between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Genç?
The coldest day measured in Genç between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1946, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Genç?
Yes. Genç gets on average 314.5 cm of snow per year and has around 126 frost days.
Has the climate of Genç warmed?
Yes: Genç warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Genç?
The wettest day measured in Genç between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Genç?
The windiest day measured in Genç between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1989, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Genç?
The warmest month in Genç is August (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Genç?
Genç receives on average 1,103 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Genç?
Genç 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 Genç?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Genç between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 2008, with 47.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Genç?
Yes: Genç has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Genç?
In Genç, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 6 August 1973, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 22 December 1946.
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