Silifke climate — normals and trends
Silifke (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 648 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Silifke averages 8 frost days, 41 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Silifke has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 9 August 2025) and the coldest -8.8 °C (on 4 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
SilifkeMersin
- coords
- 36.38°, 33.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.8°C
Average daily high
20.2°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
648mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
67%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
8 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
41 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
21.7 cm
Average feels-like high
20.1 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
57 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °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
39.0 °C
9 August 2025
Coldest day
-8.8 °C
4 January 1942
Wettest day
112 mm
4 January 1943
Windiest day
48.0 km/h
21 November 1980
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
21 November 1980
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
22 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-15.2 °C
5 February 1950
Snowiest day
20.9 cm
9 January 1989
Sunniest day
14.0 h
19 June 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 | 13.9 °C | +4.0 °C | 10 mm | -94 mm |
| Feb | 9.8 °C | -1.2 °C | 37 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 12 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 18.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 42 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 28.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 8 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 8 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +1.5 °C | 14 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 28.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 21 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 23.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 19 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 21.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 42 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 13.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 124 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Silifke?
Silifke has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.8 °C and it receives 648 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Silifke?
The hottest day measured in Silifke between 1940 and 2025 was 9 August 2025, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Silifke?
The coldest day measured in Silifke between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at -8.8 °C.
Does it snow in Silifke?
Yes. Silifke gets on average 21.7 cm of snow per year and has around 8 frost days.
Has the climate of Silifke warmed?
Yes: Silifke warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Silifke?
The wettest day measured in Silifke between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1943, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Silifke?
The windiest day measured in Silifke between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1980, with winds reaching 48.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Silifke?
The warmest month in Silifke is August (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Silifke?
Silifke receives on average 648 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Silifke?
Silifke gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Silifke?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Silifke between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1989, with 20.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Silifke?
Yes: Silifke has on average 57 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Silifke?
In Silifke, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 22 July 1998, and the lowest was -15.2 °C on 5 February 1950.
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