Şile climate — normals and trends
Şile (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 630 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Şile averages 5 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.
Şile has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 13 July 2000) and the coldest -9.7 °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
ŞileIstanbul
- coords
- 41.18°, 29.61°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.1°C
Average daily high
17.9°C
Average daily low
12.7°C
Annual rainfall
630mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
18.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
104 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.4 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.8 °C
Average peak gust
37.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
40.4 °C
13 July 2000
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
5 January 1942
Wettest day
95 mm
3 September 1940
Windiest day
56.9 km/h
28 December 1999
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
22 November 2008
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
27 June 2007
Coldest feels-like
-15.0 °C
5 January 1942
Snowiest day
29.5 cm
11 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.1 h
27 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 80 mm | +3 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | -1.8 °C | 89 mm | +25 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +4.1 °C | 31 mm | -33 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | -1.4 °C | 40 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 21.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 39 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 2 mm | -23 mm |
| Aug | 28.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 7 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 37 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 20.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 107 mm | +43 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 38 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 12.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 71 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Şile?
Şile has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.1 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Şile?
The hottest day measured in Şile between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Şile?
The coldest day measured in Şile between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in Şile?
Yes. Şile gets on average 20.4 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Şile warmed?
Yes: Şile warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Şile?
The wettest day measured in Şile between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1940, with 95 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Şile?
The windiest day measured in Şile between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1999, with winds reaching 56.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Şile?
The warmest month in Şile is August (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Şile?
Şile receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Şile?
Şile gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Şile?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Şile between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1968, with 29.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Şile?
Yes: Şile has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Şile?
In Şile, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 27 June 2007, and the lowest was -15.0 °C on 5 January 1942.
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