Selçuk climate — normals and trends
Selçuk (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 756 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 (28.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Selçuk averages 5 frost days, 92 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.
Selçuk has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 8 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.9 °C (on 24 August 1958) and the coldest -13.7 °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
Selçukİzmir Province
- coords
- 37.95°, 27.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
22.5°C
Average daily low
13.4°C
Annual rainfall
756mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
19.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
92 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
76 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.9 °C
Average feels-like low
12.6 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
81 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
42.9 °C
24 August 1958
Coldest day
-13.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
84 mm
31 October 2003
Windiest day
36.7 km/h
9 October 2003
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
1 April 1987
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
1 August 1998
Coldest feels-like
-19.0 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
14.1 cm
4 January 2002
Sunniest day
14.1 h
8 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 93 mm | -42 mm |
| Feb | 12.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 38 mm | -67 mm |
| Mar | 19.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 21 mm | -60 mm |
| Apr | 19.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 79 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 25.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 34.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 36.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 34.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 22.7 °C | -1.3 °C | 131 mm | +72 mm |
| Nov | 21.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 119 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 14.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 62 mm | -89 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Selçuk?
Selçuk has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 756 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Selçuk?
The hottest day measured in Selçuk between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1958, reaching 42.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Selçuk?
The coldest day measured in Selçuk between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -13.7 °C.
Does it snow in Selçuk?
Yes. Selçuk gets on average 1.7 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Selçuk warmed?
Yes: Selçuk warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Selçuk?
The wettest day measured in Selçuk between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 2003, with 84 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Selçuk?
The windiest day measured in Selçuk between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2003, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Selçuk?
The warmest month in Selçuk is July (28.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Selçuk?
Selçuk receives on average 756 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Selçuk?
Selçuk gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Selçuk?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Selçuk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2002, with 14.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Selçuk?
Yes: Selçuk has on average 81 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Selçuk?
In Selçuk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 1 August 1998, and the lowest was -19.0 °C on 5 January 1942.
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