Viranşehir climate — normals and trends
Viranşehir (Republic of Türkiye) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 427 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 (32.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Viranşehir averages 25 frost days, 139 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.
Viranşehir has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 33 to 17 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.7 °C (on 2 August 1957) and the coldest -16.3 °C (on 5 February 1950).
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
ViranşehirŞanlıurfa
- coords
- 37.22°, 39.76°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.1°C
Average daily high
24.2°C
Average daily low
12.5°C
Annual rainfall
427mm
Sunshine / day
10.6h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
139 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
65 d/yr
Annual snowfall
14.8 cm
Average feels-like high
22.5 °C
Average feels-like low
9.6 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
94 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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
46.7 °C
2 August 1957
Coldest day
-16.3 °C
5 February 1950
Wettest day
56 mm
23 March 1991
Windiest day
45.9 km/h
19 April 1958
Strongest gust
92.9 km/h
19 April 1958
Hottest feels-like
47.6 °C
24 July 2001
Coldest feels-like
-21.6 °C
5 February 1950
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
31 January 1968
Sunniest day
14.2 h
1 July 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 4 mm | -71 mm |
| Feb | 10.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 43 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 21.3 °C | +5.6 °C | 14 mm | -51 mm |
| Apr | 23.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 29 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 31.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 24 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 37.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 41.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 40.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 34.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 10 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 22.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 17 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 13.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 72 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Viranşehir?
Viranşehir has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 427 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Viranşehir?
The hottest day measured in Viranşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1957, reaching 46.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Viranşehir?
The coldest day measured in Viranşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1950, at -16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Viranşehir?
Yes. Viranşehir gets on average 14.8 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Viranşehir warmed?
Yes: Viranşehir warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Viranşehir?
The wettest day measured in Viranşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1991, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Viranşehir?
The windiest day measured in Viranşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1958, with winds reaching 45.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Viranşehir?
The warmest month in Viranşehir is July (32.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Viranşehir?
Viranşehir receives on average 427 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Viranşehir?
Viranşehir gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Viranşehir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Viranşehir between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1968, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Viranşehir?
Yes: Viranşehir has on average 94 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Viranşehir?
In Viranşehir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 24 July 2001, and the lowest was -21.6 °C on 5 February 1950.
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