Karapınar climate — normals and trends
Karapınar (Republic of Türkiye) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 303 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Karapınar averages 69 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Karapınar 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 82 to 56 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -22.4 °C (on 5 February 1991).
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
KarapınarKonya
- coords
- 37.72°, 33.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
7.5°C
Annual rainfall
303mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
69 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
4.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
12 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
40.4 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-22.4 °C
5 February 1991
Wettest day
43 mm
4 November 2005
Windiest day
53.5 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
14 April 1940
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-26.7 °C
5 February 1991
Snowiest day
18.1 cm
4 November 2005
Sunniest day
14.1 h
19 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 5.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 27 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 17.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 17 mm | -23 mm |
| Apr | 17.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 34 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 24.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 13 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +3.3 °C | 3 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 32.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.3 °C | +4.8 °C | 13 mm | -15 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Karapınar?
Karapınar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 303 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Karapınar?
The hottest day measured in Karapınar between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Karapınar?
The coldest day measured in Karapınar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1991, at -22.4 °C.
Does it snow in Karapınar?
Yes. Karapınar gets on average 39.1 cm of snow per year and has around 69 frost days.
Has the climate of Karapınar warmed?
Yes: Karapınar warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Karapınar?
The wettest day measured in Karapınar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2005, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Karapınar?
The windiest day measured in Karapınar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 53.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Karapınar?
The warmest month in Karapınar is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Karapınar?
Karapınar receives on average 303 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Karapınar?
Karapınar gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Karapınar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Karapınar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2005, with 18.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Karapınar?
Yes: Karapınar has on average 12 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Karapınar?
In Karapınar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -26.7 °C on 5 February 1991.
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