Kahramanmaraş climate — normals and trends
Kahramanmaraş (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 561 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kahramanmaraş averages 57 frost days, 94 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 73 rainy days per year.
Kahramanmaraş 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 74 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.6 °C (on 15 August 2023) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 7 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
KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş
- coords
- 37.58°, 36.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.5°C
Average daily high
20.7°C
Average daily low
8.8°C
Annual rainfall
561mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
57 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
94 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
73 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
43.6 °C
15 August 2023
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
7 January 1942
Wettest day
70 mm
6 January 2015
Windiest day
27.5 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
12 March 2015
Hottest feels-like
44.9 °C
21 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
7 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
28 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.4 h
24 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 | 12.3 °C | +5.7 °C | 6 mm | -105 mm |
| Feb | 8.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 37 mm | -49 mm |
| Mar | 20.1 °C | +7.0 °C | 49 mm | -30 mm |
| Apr | 19.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 75 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 33 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 33.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 37.1 °C | +3.0 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 36.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 11 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 19.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 23 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 11.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 74 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kahramanmaraş?
Kahramanmaraş has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.5 °C and it receives 561 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kahramanmaraş?
The hottest day measured in Kahramanmaraş between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2023, reaching 43.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kahramanmaraş?
The coldest day measured in Kahramanmaraş between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1942, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kahramanmaraş?
Yes. Kahramanmaraş gets on average 49.5 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.
Has the climate of Kahramanmaraş warmed?
Yes: Kahramanmaraş warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kahramanmaraş?
The wettest day measured in Kahramanmaraş between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 2015, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kahramanmaraş?
The windiest day measured in Kahramanmaraş between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kahramanmaraş?
The warmest month in Kahramanmaraş is July (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kahramanmaraş?
Kahramanmaraş receives on average 561 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 73 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kahramanmaraş?
Kahramanmaraş 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 Kahramanmaraş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kahramanmaraş between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1968, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kahramanmaraş?
Yes: Kahramanmaraş has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kahramanmaraş?
In Kahramanmaraş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 21 July 1998, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 7 January 1942.
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