Belogradchik climate — normals and trends
Belogradchik (Bulgaria) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 691 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Belogradchik averages 77 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.
Belogradchik has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.1 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 25 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
BelogradchikVidin
- coords
- 43.63°, 22.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
691mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
77 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
30 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
109 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
43.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
74 mm
26 April 1964
Windiest day
41.8 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
24 April 2001
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
36.5 cm
14 March 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.7 °C | +6.5 °C | 14 mm | -36 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 16 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 16.6 °C | +6.1 °C | 65 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 18.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 42 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 77 mm | +1 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +6.1 °C | 4 mm | -73 mm |
| Jul | 33.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 17 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 31.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 36 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 26 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 15.7 °C | -1.2 °C | 134 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 122 mm | +58 mm |
| Dec | 6.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 72 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Belogradchik?
Belogradchik has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Belogradchik?
The hottest day measured in Belogradchik between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 43.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Belogradchik?
The coldest day measured in Belogradchik between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Belogradchik?
Yes. Belogradchik gets on average 88.8 cm of snow per year and has around 77 frost days.
Has the climate of Belogradchik warmed?
Yes: Belogradchik warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Belogradchik?
The wettest day measured in Belogradchik between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1964, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Belogradchik?
The windiest day measured in Belogradchik between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 41.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Belogradchik?
The warmest month in Belogradchik is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Belogradchik?
Belogradchik receives on average 691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Belogradchik?
Belogradchik gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Belogradchik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Belogradchik between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1956, with 36.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Belogradchik?
Yes: Belogradchik has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Belogradchik?
In Belogradchik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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