Kırklareli climate — normals and trends
Kırklareli (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 615 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 (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kırklareli averages 54 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Kırklareli has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 41 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 25 July 2007) and the coldest -21.1 °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
KırklareliKırklareli
- coords
- 41.74°, 27.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.7°C
Average daily high
17.1°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
615mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
54 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
38.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
6.4 °C
Average peak gust
37.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.1 °C
25 July 2007
Coldest day
-21.1 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
65 mm
13 January 1963
Windiest day
49.9 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
117.4 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
25 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-26.0 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
5 February 2016
Sunniest day
14.5 h
5 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 45 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 31 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 15.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 69 mm | +11 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 86 mm | +31 mm |
| Jun | 27.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | -46 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 3 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 28.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 7 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 17.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 97 mm | +46 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 55 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kırklareli?
Kırklareli has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.7 °C and it receives 615 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kırklareli?
The hottest day measured in Kırklareli between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2007, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kırklareli?
The coldest day measured in Kırklareli between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -21.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kırklareli?
Yes. Kırklareli gets on average 38.3 cm of snow per year and has around 54 frost days.
Has the climate of Kırklareli warmed?
Yes: Kırklareli warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kırklareli?
The wettest day measured in Kırklareli between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1963, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kırklareli?
The windiest day measured in Kırklareli between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 49.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kırklareli?
The warmest month in Kırklareli is July (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Kırklareli?
Kırklareli receives on average 615 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kırklareli?
Kırklareli gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kırklareli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kırklareli between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2016, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kırklareli?
Yes: Kırklareli has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kırklareli?
In Kırklareli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 25 July 2007, and the lowest was -26.0 °C on 4 January 1942.
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