Botevgrad climate — normals and trends
Botevgrad (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 806 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Botevgrad averages 107 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Botevgrad has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 120 to 94 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -28.3 °C (on 13 January 1950).
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
BotevgradSofia
- coords
- 42.91°, 23.79°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
4.9°C
Annual rainfall
806mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
9.6km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
107.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.2 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.3 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.3 °C
13 January 1950
Wettest day
75 mm
3 July 2017
Windiest day
30.3 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.5 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.9 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
28.2 cm
16 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +5.5 °C | 64 mm | 0 mm |
| Apr | 14.8 °C | +0.1 °C | 103 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 18.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 116 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 10 mm | -98 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +4.2 °C | 48 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 35 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 18 mm | -34 mm |
| Oct | 13.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 162 mm | +111 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 83 mm | +29 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 48 mm | -5 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Botevgrad?
Botevgrad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Botevgrad?
The hottest day measured in Botevgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Botevgrad?
The coldest day measured in Botevgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1950, at -28.3 °C.
Does it snow in Botevgrad?
Yes. Botevgrad gets on average 107.0 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Botevgrad warmed?
Yes: Botevgrad warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Botevgrad?
The wettest day measured in Botevgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Botevgrad?
The windiest day measured in Botevgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Botevgrad?
The warmest month in Botevgrad is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Botevgrad?
Botevgrad receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Botevgrad?
Botevgrad gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Botevgrad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Botevgrad between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1973, with 28.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Botevgrad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Botevgrad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Botevgrad?
In Botevgrad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.9 °C on 13 January 1950.
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