Sancaktepe climate — normals and trends
Sancaktepe (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 716 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sancaktepe averages 4 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.
Sancaktepe has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 7 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -7.4 °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
SancaktepeIstanbul
- coords
- 41.00°, 29.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.6°C
Average daily high
16.8°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
716mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
20.9km/h
Seasonal range
17.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
107 d/yr
Annual snowfall
29.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
10.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
70 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
34.5 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-7.4 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
86 mm
3 September 1940
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
28 December 1999
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
12 August 2010
Coldest feels-like
-12.5 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
11 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
5 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 | 11.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 86 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 104 mm | +27 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 29 mm | -44 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 42 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -32 mm |
| Jul | 28.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 1 mm | -25 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 35 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 19.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 155 mm | +87 mm |
| Nov | 17.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 47 mm | -35 mm |
| Dec | 11.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 86 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sancaktepe?
Sancaktepe has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.6 °C and it receives 716 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sancaktepe?
The hottest day measured in Sancaktepe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sancaktepe?
The coldest day measured in Sancaktepe between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -7.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sancaktepe?
Yes. Sancaktepe gets on average 29.4 cm of snow per year and has around 4 frost days.
Has the climate of Sancaktepe warmed?
Yes: Sancaktepe warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sancaktepe?
The wettest day measured in Sancaktepe between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1940, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sancaktepe?
The windiest day measured in Sancaktepe between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1999, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sancaktepe?
The warmest month in Sancaktepe is August (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Sancaktepe?
Sancaktepe receives on average 716 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sancaktepe?
Sancaktepe gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sancaktepe?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sancaktepe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1968, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sancaktepe?
Yes: Sancaktepe has on average 70 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sancaktepe?
In Sancaktepe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 12 August 2010, and the lowest was -12.5 °C on 5 January 1942.
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