Karaçoban climate — normals and trends
Karaçoban (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 599 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 (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Karaçoban averages 149 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Karaçoban has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 135 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 11 July 2018) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 16 January 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
KaraçobanErzurum
- coords
- 39.34°, 42.10°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
13.7°C
Average daily low
2.0°C
Annual rainfall
599mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
149 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
188.1 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
36.7 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
52 mm
23 April 1977
Windiest day
31.7 km/h
14 May 1970
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
13 January 1968
Hottest feels-like
36.5 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
2 December 1994
Sunniest day
14.3 h
29 June 1941
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 | 1.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 7 mm | -50 mm |
| Feb | -0.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 55 mm | -7 mm |
| Mar | 9.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 72 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 154 mm | +61 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 95 mm | +12 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 25 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 10 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 8 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 18.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 28 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 12.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 33 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 2.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 91 mm | +36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karaçoban?
Karaçoban has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 599 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karaçoban?
The hottest day measured in Karaçoban between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2018, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karaçoban?
The coldest day measured in Karaçoban between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Karaçoban?
Yes. Karaçoban gets on average 188.1 cm of snow per year and has around 149 frost days.
Has the climate of Karaçoban warmed?
Yes: Karaçoban warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karaçoban?
The wettest day measured in Karaçoban between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1977, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karaçoban?
The windiest day measured in Karaçoban between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1970, with winds reaching 31.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karaçoban?
The warmest month in Karaçoban is August (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Karaçoban?
Karaçoban receives on average 599 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karaçoban?
Karaçoban gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karaçoban?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karaçoban between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karaçoban?
Yes: Karaçoban has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karaçoban?
In Karaçoban, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 24 July 2025, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 16 January 1950.
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