Kestel climate — normals and trends
Kestel (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 960 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 (22.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kestel averages 45 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Kestel has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 29 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -17.9 °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
KestelBursa Province
- coords
- 40.20°, 29.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
17.3°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
960mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
90.9 cm
Average feels-like high
16.9 °C
Average feels-like low
7.2 °C
Average peak gust
30.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-17.9 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
19 June 1972
Windiest day
27.2 km/h
25 April 1972
Strongest gust
99.4 km/h
10 March 1958
Hottest feels-like
43.4 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-23.0 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
32.6 cm
29 December 2016
Sunniest day
14.0 h
9 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.6 °C | +4.9 °C | 72 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 6.2 °C | -1.9 °C | 78 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 16.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 76 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | -1.3 °C | 90 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 21.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 86 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 4 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +4.9 °C | 2 mm | -36 mm |
| Aug | 30.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 41 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 19.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 151 mm | +69 mm |
| Nov | 18.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 51 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 10.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 94 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kestel?
Kestel has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 960 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kestel?
The hottest day measured in Kestel between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kestel?
The coldest day measured in Kestel between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -17.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kestel?
Yes. Kestel gets on average 90.9 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Kestel warmed?
Yes: Kestel warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kestel?
The wettest day measured in Kestel between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1972, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kestel?
The windiest day measured in Kestel between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1972, with winds reaching 27.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kestel?
The warmest month in Kestel is August (22.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kestel?
Kestel receives on average 960 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kestel?
Kestel 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 Kestel?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kestel between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2016, with 32.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kestel?
Yes: Kestel has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kestel?
In Kestel, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.4 °C on 13 July 2000, and the lowest was -23.0 °C on 5 January 1942.
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