Climate
Kars has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb), with a wide range of temperature between the summer and winter, due to its high elevation and relatively high latitude. Summers are generally brief and warm with cool nights. The average high temperature in August is 26 °C (79 °F). Winters are very cold. The average low January temperature is −18 °C (−0 °F). However, temperatures can plummet to −40 °C (−40.0 °F) during the winter months. It snows a lot in winter, staying for an average of four months in the city.
| Climate data for Kars | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.4 (47.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
18.8 (65.8) |
25.0 (77.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
31.4 (88.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
35.4 (95.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
26.8 (80.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
15.6 (60.1) |
35.4 (95.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6 (21) |
−4 (25) |
1 (34) |
10 (50) |
17 (63) |
21 (70) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
22 (72) |
15 (59) |
7 (45) |
−2 (28) |
11.1 (51.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −18 (0) |
−16 (3) |
−11 (12) |
−2 (28) |
3 (37) |
6 (43) |
9 (48) |
9 (48) |
4 (39) |
0 (32) |
−5 (23) |
−13 (9) |
−2.8 (26.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −31.8 (−25.2) |
−33.1 (−27.6) |
−30.2 (−22.4) |
−18.4 (−1.1) |
−6 (21.2) |
−2.8 (27.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−29.4 (−20.9) |
−30.4 (−22.7) |
−33.1 (−27.6) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 19.5 (0.768) |
22.0 (0.866) |
29.2 (1.15) |
51.0 (2.008) |
78.4 (3.087) |
72.1 (2.839) |
55.1 (2.169) |
41.0 (1.614) |
28.1 (1.106) |
42.0 (1.654) |
27.6 (1.087) |
21.2 (0.835) |
487.2 (19.181) |
| % humidity | 83 | 85 | 78 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 57 | 62 | 73 | 83 | 69.8 |
| Avg. rainy days | 6 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 86 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 96.1 | 112 | 155 | 177 | 226.3 | 276 | 322.4 | 316.2 | 252 | 198.4 | 135 | 96.1 | 2,362.5 |
| Source #1: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Hong Kong Observatory | |||||||||||||
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