Kandıra climate — normals and trends
Kandıra (Republic of Türkiye) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 835 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kandıra averages 22 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.
Kandıra has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 35 to 9 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -17.2 °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
KandıraKocaeli
- coords
- 41.07°, 30.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.3°C
Average daily high
18.6°C
Average daily low
10.5°C
Annual rainfall
835mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
22 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
123 d/yr
Annual snowfall
40.8 cm
Average feels-like high
18.2 °C
Average feels-like low
9.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
43.3 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-17.2 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
93 mm
30 September 2015
Windiest day
44.1 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
92.5 km/h
9 October 2003
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
9 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-22.8 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
18.9 cm
11 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 June 2025
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 | 82 mm | -11 mm |
| Feb | 7.9 °C | -1.8 °C | 102 mm | +19 mm |
| Mar | 17.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 44 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 57 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 52 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 8 mm | -47 mm |
| Jul | 32.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 4 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 46 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 20.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 148 mm | +71 mm |
| Nov | 19.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 55 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 12.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 91 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kandıra?
Kandıra has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.3 °C and it receives 835 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kandıra?
The hottest day measured in Kandıra between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 43.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kandıra?
The coldest day measured in Kandıra between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -17.2 °C.
Does it snow in Kandıra?
Yes. Kandıra gets on average 40.8 cm of snow per year and has around 22 frost days.
Has the climate of Kandıra warmed?
Yes: Kandıra warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kandıra?
The wettest day measured in Kandıra between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 2015, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kandıra?
The windiest day measured in Kandıra between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 44.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kandıra?
The warmest month in Kandıra is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kandıra?
Kandıra receives on average 835 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kandıra?
Kandıra gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kandıra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kandıra between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1968, with 18.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kandıra?
Yes: Kandıra has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kandıra?
In Kandıra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 9 July 2000, and the lowest was -22.8 °C on 5 January 1942.
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