Karabük climate — normals and trends
Karabük (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 833 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Karabük averages 93 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Karabük has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 27 July 2025) and the coldest -26.4 °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
KarabükKarabük Province
- coords
- 41.20°, 32.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
5.4°C
Annual rainfall
833mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
129.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
40.8 °C
27 July 2025
Coldest day
-26.4 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
48 mm
17 July 1972
Windiest day
27.7 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
100.4 km/h
9 October 2003
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-31.2 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.5 cm
29 December 1949
Sunniest day
14.3 h
9 June 1941
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 | +5.6 °C | 60 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 4.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 58 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 16.7 °C | +7.1 °C | 43 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 110 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 42 mm | -43 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 10 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +7.0 °C | 3 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 3 mm | -32 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 66 mm | +24 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 110 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 17.4 °C | +5.0 °C | 30 mm | -40 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 126 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karabük?
Karabük has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 833 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karabük?
The hottest day measured in Karabük between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2025, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karabük?
The coldest day measured in Karabük between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -26.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karabük?
Yes. Karabük gets on average 129.4 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Karabük warmed?
Yes: Karabük warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karabük?
The wettest day measured in Karabük between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1972, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karabük?
The windiest day measured in Karabük between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karabük?
The warmest month in Karabük is August (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Karabük?
Karabük receives on average 833 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karabük?
Karabük gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karabük?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karabük between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1949, with 26.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karabük?
Yes: Karabük has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karabük?
In Karabük, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -31.2 °C on 5 January 1942.
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