Gölbaşı climate — normals and trends
Gölbaşı (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 447 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Gölbaşı averages 90 frost days, 37 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Gölbaşı 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 105 to 75 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -27.8 °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
GölbaşıAnkara
- coords
- 39.79°, 32.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
5.8°C
Annual rainfall
447mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
37 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
40.6 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
61 mm
25 August 1999
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
109.4 km/h
12 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
12 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.1 h
28 June 2025
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 | 7.7 °C | +4.1 °C | 30 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 26 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 15.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 8 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | -1.3 °C | 102 mm | +49 mm |
| May | 21.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 45 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 2 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 22 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 17.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 36 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 15.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 6.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gölbaşı?
Gölbaşı has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 447 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gölbaşı?
The hottest day measured in Gölbaşı between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gölbaşı?
The coldest day measured in Gölbaşı between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gölbaşı?
Yes. Gölbaşı gets on average 58.9 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Gölbaşı warmed?
Yes: Gölbaşı warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gölbaşı?
The wettest day measured in Gölbaşı between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1999, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gölbaşı?
The windiest day measured in Gölbaşı between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gölbaşı?
The warmest month in Gölbaşı is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Gölbaşı?
Gölbaşı receives on average 447 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gölbaşı?
Gölbaşı gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gölbaşı?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gölbaşı between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1969, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gölbaşı?
Yes: Gölbaşı has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gölbaşı?
In Gölbaşı, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 5 January 1942.
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