Karamürsel climate — normals and trends
Karamürsel (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 689 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Karamürsel averages 24 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.
Karamürsel 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 37 to 11 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -14.5 °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
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- coords
- 40.69°, 29.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.8°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
10.2°C
Annual rainfall
689mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
18.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
24 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
106 d/yr
Annual snowfall
50.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.3 °C
Average feels-like low
8.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
22 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
40.1 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-14.5 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
77 mm
4 July 1959
Windiest day
41.0 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
93.6 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-20.1 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.2 cm
29 December 2016
Sunniest day
14.1 h
12 July 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 68 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 7.1 °C | -1.7 °C | 72 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 17.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 33 mm | -41 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 49 mm | -6 mm |
| May | 22.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 2 mm | -42 mm |
| Jul | 32.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 2 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 8 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 133 mm | +76 mm |
| Nov | 18.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 36 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 11.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 88 mm | -4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karamürsel?
Karamürsel has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.8 °C and it receives 689 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karamürsel?
The hottest day measured in Karamürsel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karamürsel?
The coldest day measured in Karamürsel between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -14.5 °C.
Does it snow in Karamürsel?
Yes. Karamürsel gets on average 50.0 cm of snow per year and has around 24 frost days.
Has the climate of Karamürsel warmed?
Yes: Karamürsel warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karamürsel?
The wettest day measured in Karamürsel between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1959, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karamürsel?
The windiest day measured in Karamürsel between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 41.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karamürsel?
The warmest month in Karamürsel is August (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Karamürsel?
Karamürsel receives on average 689 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karamürsel?
Karamürsel 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 Karamürsel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karamürsel between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2016, with 28.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karamürsel?
Yes: Karamürsel has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karamürsel?
In Karamürsel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 13 July 2000, and the lowest was -20.1 °C on 5 January 1942.
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