Polatlı climate — normals and trends
Polatlı (Republic of Türkiye) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 365 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Polatlı averages 83 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Polatlı has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 95 to 71 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -31.1 °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
PolatlıAnkara
- coords
- 39.58°, 32.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
18.4°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
365mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
58 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
39.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
30.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
42.0 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-31.1 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
37 mm
24 August 1972
Windiest day
50.6 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
18 April 2012
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
29 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.5 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
16.5 cm
6 March 1996
Sunniest day
14.1 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 25 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | -1.6 °C | 16 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 17.5 °C | +5.8 °C | 9 mm | -38 mm |
| Apr | 16.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 69 mm | +25 mm |
| May | 23.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 58 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 29.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 11 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 35.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 4 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 24 mm | +14 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 26 mm | +2 mm |
| Nov | 18.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 8.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 38 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Polatlı?
Polatlı has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 365 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Polatlı?
The hottest day measured in Polatlı between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Polatlı?
The coldest day measured in Polatlı between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -31.1 °C.
Does it snow in Polatlı?
Yes. Polatlı gets on average 39.4 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Polatlı warmed?
Yes: Polatlı warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Polatlı?
The wettest day measured in Polatlı between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1972, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Polatlı?
The windiest day measured in Polatlı between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 50.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Polatlı?
The warmest month in Polatlı is July (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Polatlı?
Polatlı receives on average 365 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Polatlı?
Polatlı 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 Polatlı?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Polatlı between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1996, with 16.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Polatlı?
Yes: Polatlı has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Polatlı?
In Polatlı, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 29 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.5 °C on 5 January 1942.
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