Ürgüp climate — normals and trends
Ürgüp (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 430 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ürgüp averages 109 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Ürgüp 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 125 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -29.0 °C (on 12 January 1940).
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
ÜrgüpNevşehir Province
- coords
- 38.63°, 34.91°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
430mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
60%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
66.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
39.8 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-29.0 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
36 mm
9 January 1987
Windiest day
44.6 km/h
18 April 2022
Strongest gust
94.7 km/h
11 April 1990
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.1 cm
21 November 1980
Sunniest day
14.4 h
10 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.5 °C | +6.0 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 1.4 °C | -4.1 °C | 55 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 15.7 °C | +5.3 °C | 26 mm | -32 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | -0.7 °C | 102 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 23.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 64 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 18 mm | -11 mm |
| Jul | 33.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 5 mm | -7 mm |
| Oct | 19.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 29 mm | +3 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 36 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 47 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ürgüp?
Ürgüp has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 430 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ürgüp?
The hottest day measured in Ürgüp between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ürgüp?
The coldest day measured in Ürgüp between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -29.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ürgüp?
Yes. Ürgüp gets on average 66.6 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Ürgüp warmed?
Yes: Ürgüp warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ürgüp?
The wettest day measured in Ürgüp between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1987, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ürgüp?
The windiest day measured in Ürgüp between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2022, with winds reaching 44.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ürgüp?
The warmest month in Ürgüp is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ürgüp?
Ürgüp receives on average 430 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ürgüp?
Ürgüp gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ürgüp?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ürgüp between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1980, with 21.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ürgüp?
Yes: Ürgüp has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ürgüp?
In Ürgüp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 6 January 1942.
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