Sandıklı climate — normals and trends
Sandıklı (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 501 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 (21.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sandıklı averages 97 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Sandıklı has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 113 to 81 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 26 July 2007) and the coldest -30.4 °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
SandıklıAfyonkarahisar Province
- coords
- 38.46°, 30.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
501mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
97 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
36.9 °C
26 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.4 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
53 mm
25 October 1972
Windiest day
39.0 km/h
18 April 2012
Strongest gust
121.7 km/h
19 March 1981
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
26 July 2012
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
9 February 1974
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
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 | +5.2 °C | 43 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 23 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +6.2 °C | 21 mm | -43 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | -0.1 °C | 105 mm | +43 mm |
| May | 21.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 77 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 11 mm | -21 mm |
| Jul | 32.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 26.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 44 mm | +14 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 19 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 7.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sandıklı?
Sandıklı has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 501 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sandıklı?
The hottest day measured in Sandıklı between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2007, reaching 36.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sandıklı?
The coldest day measured in Sandıklı between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -30.4 °C.
Does it snow in Sandıklı?
Yes. Sandıklı gets on average 82.1 cm of snow per year and has around 97 frost days.
Has the climate of Sandıklı warmed?
Yes: Sandıklı warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sandıklı?
The wettest day measured in Sandıklı between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1972, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sandıklı?
The windiest day measured in Sandıklı between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2012, with winds reaching 39.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sandıklı?
The warmest month in Sandıklı is August (21.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Sandıklı?
Sandıklı receives on average 501 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sandıklı?
Sandıklı gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sandıklı?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sandıklı between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1974, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sandıklı?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sandıklı.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sandıklı?
In Sandıklı, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 26 July 2012, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 5 January 1942.
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