Tunceli climate — normals and trends
Tunceli (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 632 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 (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tunceli averages 103 frost days, 73 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 87 rainy days per year.
Tunceli has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 118 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 30 July 2025) and the coldest -22.2 °C (on 22 February 1985).
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
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- coords
- 39.10°, 39.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.7°C
Average daily high
17.3°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
632mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
28.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
103 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
73 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
87 d/yr
Annual snowfall
163.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
26.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
40.3 °C
30 July 2025
Coldest day
-22.2 °C
22 February 1985
Wettest day
67 mm
19 November 2023
Windiest day
28.3 km/h
15 August 1968
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
16 May 1991
Hottest feels-like
42.1 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-27.0 °C
22 February 1985
Snowiest day
26.4 cm
23 February 1959
Sunniest day
14.7 h
26 June 1955
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 6 mm | -88 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 76 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 14.7 °C | +6.5 °C | 115 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 16.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 115 mm | +34 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 43 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 30.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 35.8 °C | +2.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 28.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 31 mm | -10 mm |
| Nov | 15.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 55 mm | -18 mm |
| Dec | 7.4 °C | +3.1 °C | 71 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tunceli?
Tunceli has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.7 °C and it receives 632 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tunceli?
The hottest day measured in Tunceli between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2025, reaching 40.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tunceli?
The coldest day measured in Tunceli between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1985, at -22.2 °C.
Does it snow in Tunceli?
Yes. Tunceli gets on average 163.7 cm of snow per year and has around 103 frost days.
Has the climate of Tunceli warmed?
Yes: Tunceli warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tunceli?
The wettest day measured in Tunceli between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tunceli?
The windiest day measured in Tunceli between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1968, with winds reaching 28.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tunceli?
The warmest month in Tunceli is July (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tunceli?
Tunceli receives on average 632 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 87 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tunceli?
Tunceli gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tunceli?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tunceli between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1959, with 26.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tunceli?
Yes: Tunceli has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tunceli?
In Tunceli, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -27.0 °C on 22 February 1985.
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