Nizip climate — normals and trends
Nizip (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 388 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 (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Nizip averages 29 frost days, 131 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 63 rainy days per year.
Nizip 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 39 to 19 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.2 °C (on 28 July 2011) and the coldest -17.4 °C (on 2 February 1967).
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
NizipGaziantep
- coords
- 37.01°, 37.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.4°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
388mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
26.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
29 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
131 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
63 d/yr
Annual snowfall
15.3 cm
Average feels-like high
21.5 °C
Average feels-like low
9.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
83 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 = 0.45 · 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
46.2 °C
28 July 2011
Coldest day
-17.4 °C
2 February 1967
Wettest day
65 mm
18 April 1975
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
19 April 1958
Strongest gust
83.2 km/h
12 January 1954
Hottest feels-like
47.7 °C
21 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-22.4 °C
2 February 1967
Snowiest day
22.4 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.3 h
26 June 1949
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 5 mm | -68 mm |
| Feb | 10.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 43 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 21.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 32 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 22.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 35 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 30.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 35.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 3 mm | -2 mm |
| Jul | 40.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 39.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 26.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 15 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 21.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -32 mm |
| Dec | 13.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 57 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nizip?
Nizip has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.4 °C and it receives 388 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nizip?
The hottest day measured in Nizip between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2011, reaching 46.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nizip?
The coldest day measured in Nizip between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1967, at -17.4 °C.
Does it snow in Nizip?
Yes. Nizip gets on average 15.3 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.
Has the climate of Nizip warmed?
Yes: Nizip warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nizip?
The wettest day measured in Nizip between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1975, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nizip?
The windiest day measured in Nizip between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1958, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nizip?
The warmest month in Nizip is July (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Nizip?
Nizip receives on average 388 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 63 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nizip?
Nizip 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 Nizip?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nizip between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 22.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nizip?
Yes: Nizip has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nizip?
In Nizip, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.7 °C on 21 July 1998, and the lowest was -22.4 °C on 2 February 1967.
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