Muş climate — normals and trends
Muş (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,072 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Muş averages 135 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Muş has warmed by +2.2 °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 150 to 120 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 24 July 2025) and the coldest -27.2 °C (on 28 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
MuşMuş
- coords
- 38.73°, 41.48°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,072mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
27.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
34 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
360.1 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · 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
37.0 °C
24 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.2 °C
28 December 2002
Wettest day
69 mm
22 December 1967
Windiest day
28.1 km/h
17 March 2012
Strongest gust
91.8 km/h
4 January 1979
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
6 August 1973
Coldest feels-like
-31.7 °C
28 December 2002
Snowiest day
47.8 cm
22 December 1967
Sunniest day
14.2 h
4 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 9 mm | -116 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -1.0 °C | 99 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 107 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 187 mm | +37 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 127 mm | +3 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +2.3 °C | 10 mm | -37 mm |
| Jul | 32.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 2 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 33.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 26.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 18.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 57 mm | -27 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 57 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 3.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 175 mm | +56 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Muş?
Muş has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Muş?
The hottest day measured in Muş between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2025, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Muş?
The coldest day measured in Muş between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 2002, at -27.2 °C.
Does it snow in Muş?
Yes. Muş gets on average 360.1 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Muş warmed?
Yes: Muş warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Muş?
The wettest day measured in Muş between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Muş?
The windiest day measured in Muş between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2012, with winds reaching 28.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Muş?
The warmest month in Muş is August (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Muş?
Muş receives on average 1,072 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Muş?
Muş gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Muş?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Muş between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1967, with 47.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Muş?
Yes: Muş has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Muş?
In Muş, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 6 August 1973, and the lowest was -31.7 °C on 28 December 2002.
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