Vakfıkebir climate — normals and trends
Vakfıkebir (Republic of Türkiye) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,443 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 (20.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Vakfıkebir averages 43 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 183 rainy days per year.
Vakfıkebir has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 56 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.9 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -11.5 °C (on 23 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
VakfıkebirTrabzon
- coords
- 41.05°, 39.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,443mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
17.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
183 d/yr
Annual snowfall
157.5 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
32.9 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-11.5 °C
23 February 1985
Wettest day
102 mm
16 August 1942
Windiest day
391.7 km/h
23 April 1997
Strongest gust
177.8 km/h
27 January 2001
Hottest feels-like
38.3 °C
28 July 1981
Coldest feels-like
-41.5 °C
23 April 1997
Snowiest day
23.2 cm
27 November 2023
Sunniest day
14.9 h
26 June 1949
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 | 9.8 °C | +4.0 °C | 87 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -1.9 °C | 143 mm | +46 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +5.0 °C | 97 mm | -9 mm |
| Apr | 12.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 167 mm | +58 mm |
| May | 17.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 141 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 20.1 °C | -0.2 °C | 99 mm | -10 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 85 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 24.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 84 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 20.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 197 mm | +49 mm |
| Oct | 17.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 188 mm | +21 mm |
| Nov | 17.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 69 mm | -70 mm |
| Dec | 9.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 172 mm | +53 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vakfıkebir?
Vakfıkebir has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 1,443 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vakfıkebir?
The hottest day measured in Vakfıkebir between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 32.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vakfıkebir?
The coldest day measured in Vakfıkebir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 1985, at -11.5 °C.
Does it snow in Vakfıkebir?
Yes. Vakfıkebir gets on average 157.5 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Vakfıkebir warmed?
Yes: Vakfıkebir warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vakfıkebir?
The wettest day measured in Vakfıkebir between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 1942, with 102 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vakfıkebir?
The windiest day measured in Vakfıkebir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1997, with winds reaching 391.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vakfıkebir?
The warmest month in Vakfıkebir is August (20.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Vakfıkebir?
Vakfıkebir receives on average 1,443 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 183 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vakfıkebir?
Vakfıkebir gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vakfıkebir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vakfıkebir between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 2023, with 23.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vakfıkebir?
Yes: Vakfıkebir has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vakfıkebir?
In Vakfıkebir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 28 July 1981, and the lowest was -41.5 °C on 23 April 1997.
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