Asenovgrad climate — normals and trends
Asenovgrad (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 869 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Asenovgrad averages 92 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Asenovgrad has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 105 to 79 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -27.0 °C (on 17 January 1963).
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
AsenovgradPlovdiv
- coords
- 42.02°, 24.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
869mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.3 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
39.1 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-27.0 °C
17 January 1963
Wettest day
111 mm
27 June 1992
Windiest day
32.4 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
1 July 2017
Coldest feels-like
-32.2 °C
17 January 1963
Snowiest day
46.3 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
3 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 36 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 27 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 87 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 86 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 194 mm | +87 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 10 mm | -94 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +5.0 °C | 59 mm | -15 mm |
| Aug | 28.0 °C | +1.8 °C | 42 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 18 mm | -39 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 180 mm | +119 mm |
| Nov | 14.4 °C | +3.9 °C | 89 mm | +25 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 107 mm | +31 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Asenovgrad?
Asenovgrad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 869 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Asenovgrad?
The hottest day measured in Asenovgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Asenovgrad?
The coldest day measured in Asenovgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1963, at -27.0 °C.
Does it snow in Asenovgrad?
Yes. Asenovgrad gets on average 99.3 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Asenovgrad warmed?
Yes: Asenovgrad warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Asenovgrad?
The wettest day measured in Asenovgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1992, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Asenovgrad?
The windiest day measured in Asenovgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Asenovgrad?
The warmest month in Asenovgrad is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Asenovgrad?
Asenovgrad receives on average 869 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Asenovgrad?
Asenovgrad gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Asenovgrad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Asenovgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 46.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Asenovgrad?
Yes: Asenovgrad has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Asenovgrad?
In Asenovgrad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 1 July 2017, and the lowest was -32.2 °C on 17 January 1963.
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