Kızıltepe climate — normals and trends
Kızıltepe (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 410 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 (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kızıltepe averages 39 frost days, 129 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Kızıltepe has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 49 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.0 °C (on 25 July 2025) and the coldest -21.0 °C (on 5 February 1950).
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
KızıltepeMardin
- coords
- 37.19°, 40.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.0°C
Average daily high
23.3°C
Average daily low
11.1°C
Annual rainfall
410mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
27.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
129 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.6 cm
Average feels-like high
21.7 °C
Average feels-like low
8.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
76 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
46.0 °C
25 July 2025
Coldest day
-21.0 °C
5 February 1950
Wettest day
64 mm
23 March 1991
Windiest day
42.7 km/h
25 December 1963
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
16 March 1998
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-25.9 °C
5 February 1950
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
24 February 1959
Sunniest day
14.1 h
22 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 3 mm | -69 mm |
| Feb | 10.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 52 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 20.5 °C | +5.6 °C | 11 mm | -56 mm |
| Apr | 23.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 27 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 31.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 17 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 36.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 40.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 39.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 26.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 11 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | +4.2 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 11.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 101 mm | +34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kızıltepe?
Kızıltepe has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.0 °C and it receives 410 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kızıltepe?
The hottest day measured in Kızıltepe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2025, reaching 46.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kızıltepe?
The coldest day measured in Kızıltepe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at -21.0 °C.
Does it snow in Kızıltepe?
Yes. Kızıltepe gets on average 18.6 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Kızıltepe warmed?
Yes: Kızıltepe warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kızıltepe?
The wettest day measured in Kızıltepe between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1991, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kızıltepe?
The windiest day measured in Kızıltepe between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, with winds reaching 42.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kızıltepe?
The warmest month in Kızıltepe is July (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kızıltepe?
Kızıltepe receives on average 410 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kızıltepe?
Kızıltepe gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kızıltepe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kızıltepe between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1959, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kızıltepe?
Yes: Kızıltepe has on average 76 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kızıltepe?
In Kızıltepe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 6 August 1973, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 5 February 1950.
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