Konya climate — normals and trends
Konya (Republic of Türkiye) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 308 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 (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Konya averages 84 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.
Konya 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 99 to 69 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 15 August 2023) and the coldest -25.0 °C (on 4 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
KonyaKonya
- coords
- 37.87°, 32.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.9°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
6.3°C
Annual rainfall
308mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
56%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
84 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
67 d/yr
Annual snowfall
49.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
3.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
39.6 °C
15 August 2023
Coldest day
-25.0 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
40 mm
4 January 1943
Windiest day
48.2 km/h
13 March 1971
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
3 January 1979
Hottest feels-like
39.7 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
4 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.0 cm
4 November 2005
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 23 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 5.3 °C | -1.6 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 17.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 23 mm | -15 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 41 mm | +3 mm |
| May | 24.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 39 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Aug | 32.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 26.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 7 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 20.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 13 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +4.7 °C | 19 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 8.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 24 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Konya?
Konya has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.9 °C and it receives 308 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Konya?
The hottest day measured in Konya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 2023, reaching 39.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Konya?
The coldest day measured in Konya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -25.0 °C.
Does it snow in Konya?
Yes. Konya gets on average 49.5 cm of snow per year and has around 84 frost days.
Has the climate of Konya warmed?
Yes: Konya warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Konya?
The wettest day measured in Konya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1943, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Konya?
The windiest day measured in Konya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1971, with winds reaching 48.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Konya?
The warmest month in Konya is July (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Konya?
Konya receives on average 308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Konya?
Konya gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Konya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Konya between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 2005, with 21.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Konya?
Yes: Konya has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Konya?
In Konya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 4 January 1942.
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