Niğde climate — normals and trends
Niğde (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 487 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 (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Niğde averages 120 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Niğde has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 133 to 107 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -25.3 °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
NiğdeNiğde Province
- coords
- 37.97°, 34.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
487mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
61%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
119.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · 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
35.6 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-25.3 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
46 mm
8 November 1947
Windiest day
34.7 km/h
16 April 1958
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
23 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.8 cm
21 November 1980
Sunniest day
14.3 h
20 June 1942
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 20 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | -0.2 °C | -2.8 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 11.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 34 mm | -25 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | -0.5 °C | 97 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 20.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 102 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 27 mm | -20 mm |
| Jul | 29.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 2 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 18.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 14 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 15.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 34 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 69 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Niğde?
Niğde has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 487 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Niğde?
The hottest day measured in Niğde between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Niğde?
The coldest day measured in Niğde between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -25.3 °C.
Does it snow in Niğde?
Yes. Niğde gets on average 119.4 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Niğde warmed?
Yes: Niğde warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Niğde?
The wettest day measured in Niğde between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1947, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Niğde?
The windiest day measured in Niğde between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1958, with winds reaching 34.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Niğde?
The warmest month in Niğde is August (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Niğde?
Niğde receives on average 487 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Niğde?
Niğde gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Niğde?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Niğde between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1980, with 26.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Niğde?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Niğde.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Niğde?
In Niğde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 5 January 1942.
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