Climate Change Chart of Antalya, Türkiye

Overview of climate changes

Temperature changes

Averaged across calendar months, monthly mean temperature shows a difference of +1.13 °C compared with the earlier reference period. This is an unweighted average of the monthly mean differences, not a day-weighted annual figure, and it describes aggregate monthly conditions rather than daytime maximum temperatures or a uniform change in every month. The largest monthly increase was in March, with a difference of +2.20 °C; that identifies the strongest increase in the supplied monthly comparisons, not a continuous trend.

Changes in rainfall

The unweighted mean difference in mean daily rainfall, averaged across calendar months, was +0.20 mm/day. This summarizes monthly mean differences rather than monthly rainfall totals, and does not imply that every month became wetter. The clearest contrasting monthly changes were an increase in May of +1.24 mm/day and a decrease in December of -1.53 mm/day. These identify the largest monthly increase and decrease in the supplied comparisons, while the overall mean remains an aggregate across months.

Changes in sunshine duration

Mean daily sunshine duration averaged across calendar months had a difference of -0.05 hours/day in the more recent period. This unweighted summary of monthly means is not a day-weighted annual average and does not describe the change in every month. The largest monthly increase was in December, at +0.69 hours/day, while the largest monthly decrease was in May, at -0.48 hours/day. Together, these monthly differences show that changes varied by month even though the mean across calendar months was a decrease.

Changes in snowfall

Mean daily snowfall averaged across calendar months had a difference of -0.01 mm/day. The small decrease is the unweighted mean of monthly differences; it should not be read as snowfall being absent, nor as a decrease in every month. The largest monthly increase was in December, with a difference of +0.35 mm/day, while the largest monthly decrease was in January, with a difference of -0.19 mm/day. These are daily mean amounts, not monthly totals, and they describe selected monthly contrasts rather than a continuous change between the reference periods.