Malazgirt climate — normals and trends
Malazgirt (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 476 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Malazgirt averages 147 frost days, 38 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.
Malazgirt has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 163 to 131 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 12 July 2018) and the coldest -31.0 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
MalazgirtMuş
- coords
- 39.15°, 42.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
1.9°C
Annual rainfall
476mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
28.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
38 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
92 d/yr
Annual snowfall
113.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
38.3 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest day
-31.0 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
40 mm
12 October 1948
Windiest day
34.5 km/h
17 March 2014
Strongest gust
93.2 km/h
29 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
38.2 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.9 cm
2 December 1994
Sunniest day
14.2 h
1 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 6 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 0.4 °C | -1.7 °C | 39 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 10.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 49 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 115 mm | +36 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 62 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 8 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | +5 mm |
| Aug | 34.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 8 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 19.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 31 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 13.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 4.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 73 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Malazgirt?
Malazgirt has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 476 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malazgirt?
The hottest day measured in Malazgirt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2018, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Malazgirt?
The coldest day measured in Malazgirt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -31.0 °C.
Does it snow in Malazgirt?
Yes. Malazgirt gets on average 113.6 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Malazgirt warmed?
Yes: Malazgirt warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Malazgirt?
The wettest day measured in Malazgirt between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1948, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Malazgirt?
The windiest day measured in Malazgirt between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2014, with winds reaching 34.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Malazgirt?
The warmest month in Malazgirt is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Malazgirt?
Malazgirt receives on average 476 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Malazgirt?
Malazgirt 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 Malazgirt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Malazgirt between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1994, with 25.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Malazgirt?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Malazgirt.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malazgirt?
In Malazgirt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 12 January 1940.
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