Zile climate — normals and trends
Zile (Republic of Türkiye) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 527 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 (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Zile averages 100 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Zile has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 117 to 83 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 30 July 2000) and the coldest -32.0 °C (on 6 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
ZileTokat Province
- coords
- 40.30°, 35.89°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
527mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
84.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.9 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest day
-32.0 °C
6 January 1942
Wettest day
57 mm
10 October 1988
Windiest day
36.2 km/h
4 April 1950
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
26 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
30 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-37.3 °C
6 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.3 cm
21 November 1967
Sunniest day
14.8 h
25 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 | 9.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 31 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 75 mm | +26 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +6.9 °C | 37 mm | -29 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 105 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 23.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 62 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 12 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 32.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 4 mm | -6 mm |
| Aug | 30.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 17 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 49 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 16.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 29 mm | -21 mm |
| Dec | 7.9 °C | +1.2 °C | 54 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zile?
Zile has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 527 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zile?
The hottest day measured in Zile between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2000, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zile?
The coldest day measured in Zile between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1942, at -32.0 °C.
Does it snow in Zile?
Yes. Zile gets on average 84.4 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Zile warmed?
Yes: Zile warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zile?
The wettest day measured in Zile between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1988, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zile?
The windiest day measured in Zile between 1940 and 2025 was 4 April 1950, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zile?
The warmest month in Zile is August (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Zile?
Zile receives on average 527 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zile?
Zile gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zile?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zile between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 1967, with 26.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zile?
Yes: Zile has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zile?
In Zile, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 30 July 2000, and the lowest was -37.3 °C on 6 January 1942.
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