Kayseri climate — normals and trends
Kayseri (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 548 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 (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kayseri averages 118 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Kayseri has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 28 July 2025) and the coldest -30.4 °C (on 6 February 1960).
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
KayseriKayseri
- coords
- 38.73°, 35.49°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
548mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
62%
Average peak wind
11.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
38.6 °C
28 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
6 February 1960
Wettest day
43 mm
14 October 1983
Windiest day
34.0 km/h
16 April 1958
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
23 April 2017
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
6 February 1960
Snowiest day
22.3 cm
21 November 1980
Sunniest day
14.5 h
12 June 1943
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.3 °C | +6.7 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Feb | 0.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 66 mm | +18 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 40 mm | -28 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 120 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 94 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +1.8 °C | 27 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 31.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 13 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 5 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 30 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 15.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 50 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 58 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kayseri?
Kayseri has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 548 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kayseri?
The hottest day measured in Kayseri between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, reaching 38.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kayseri?
The coldest day measured in Kayseri between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1960, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kayseri?
Yes. Kayseri gets on average 110.4 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Kayseri warmed?
Yes: Kayseri warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kayseri?
The wettest day measured in Kayseri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 1983, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kayseri?
The windiest day measured in Kayseri between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1958, with winds reaching 34.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kayseri?
The warmest month in Kayseri is August (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kayseri?
Kayseri receives on average 548 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kayseri?
Kayseri gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kayseri?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kayseri between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1980, with 22.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kayseri?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kayseri.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kayseri?
In Kayseri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 6 February 1960.
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