The climate of the region is influenced by topography, with the Taurus and Kaçkar Mountains blocking the entry of moisture into Anatolia. Summers are dry and hot and winters wet and cold; in Kayseri, summer temperatures are about and winter temperature about . Precipitation at Kayseri falls mostly in autumn, winter, and spring and amounts to per year. In Develi, south of Erciyes, maximum temperatures are about and minimum temperatures . Estimated temperatures at altitude are about , and precipitation per year.