Kızılcahamam climate — normals and trends
Kızılcahamam (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 521 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kızılcahamam averages 117 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 105 rainy days per year.
Kızılcahamam has warmed by +2.6 °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 131 to 103 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 28 July 2025) and the coldest -25.3 °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
KızılcahamamAnkara
- coords
- 40.47°, 32.65°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
521mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
9 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
105 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.1 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
38.1 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
38 mm
17 December 2001
Windiest day
44.8 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
26 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
17 December 2003
Sunniest day
14.2 h
15 June 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 | 6.2 °C | +5.3 °C | 29 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 1.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 33 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +7.0 °C | 11 mm | -42 mm |
| Apr | 12.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 97 mm | +37 mm |
| May | 19.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 67 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 28 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 10 mm | -11 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 9 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 15.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 45 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 13.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 4.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 48 mm | -7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kızılcahamam?
Kızılcahamam has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 521 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kızılcahamam?
The hottest day measured in Kızılcahamam between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kızılcahamam?
The coldest day measured in Kızılcahamam between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Kızılcahamam?
Yes. Kızılcahamam gets on average 110.1 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Kızılcahamam warmed?
Yes: Kızılcahamam warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kızılcahamam?
The wettest day measured in Kızılcahamam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2001, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kızılcahamam?
The windiest day measured in Kızılcahamam between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 44.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kızılcahamam?
The warmest month in Kızılcahamam is August (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kızılcahamam?
Kızılcahamam receives on average 521 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 105 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kızılcahamam?
Kızılcahamam gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kızılcahamam?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kızılcahamam between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2003, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kızılcahamam?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kızılcahamam.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kızılcahamam?
In Kızılcahamam, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 26 July 2012, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 4 January 1942.
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