Malatya climate — normals and trends
Malatya (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 619 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 (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Malatya averages 96 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Malatya has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 115 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -21.5 °C (on 26 December 2002).
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
MalatyaMalatya
- coords
- 38.35°, 38.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
17.0°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
619mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
26.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
96 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
60 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
156.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.1 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
13 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-21.5 °C
26 December 2002
Wettest day
57 mm
19 November 2023
Windiest day
39.8 km/h
30 March 2014
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
30 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
42.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-25.9 °C
26 December 2002
Snowiest day
39.1 cm
15 January 1961
Sunniest day
14.7 h
19 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 °C | +4.7 °C | 6 mm | -84 mm |
| Feb | 2.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 98 mm | +21 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +5.9 °C | 78 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | +14 mm |
| May | 23.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 67 mm | +4 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 5 mm | -16 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 34.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 27.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 7 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 20.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 21 mm | -23 mm |
| Nov | 14.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 34 mm | -31 mm |
| Dec | 7.1 °C | +2.6 °C | 84 mm | -2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malatya?
Malatya has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 619 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malatya?
The hottest day measured in Malatya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malatya?
The coldest day measured in Malatya between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 2002, at -21.5 °C.
Does it snow in Malatya?
Yes. Malatya gets on average 156.3 cm of snow per year and has around 96 frost days.
Has the climate of Malatya warmed?
Yes: Malatya warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malatya?
The wettest day measured in Malatya between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malatya?
The windiest day measured in Malatya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2014, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malatya?
The warmest month in Malatya is August (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Malatya?
Malatya receives on average 619 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malatya?
Malatya gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Malatya?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malatya between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1961, with 39.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malatya?
Yes: Malatya has on average 13 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malatya?
In Malatya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.0 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -25.9 °C on 26 December 2002.
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