Chepelare climate — normals and trends
Chepelare (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 1,095 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 (17.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Chepelare averages 116 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Chepelare 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 130 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.9 °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
ChepelareSmolyan
- coords
- 41.73°, 24.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.6°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,095mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
185.4 cm
Average feels-like high
10.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 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 = 0.47 · 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
34.7 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
17 January 1963
Wettest day
86 mm
8 October 2006
Windiest day
36.1 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
131.0 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
36.2 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
17 January 1963
Snowiest day
55.9 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 56 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | -0.8 °C | 36 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 11.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 87 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 11.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 149 mm | +44 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 205 mm | +67 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +4.2 °C | 24 mm | -121 mm |
| Jul | 26.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 79 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 69 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 22 mm | -45 mm |
| Oct | 12.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 182 mm | +114 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +3.2 °C | 94 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 105 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Chepelare?
Chepelare has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.6 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chepelare?
The hottest day measured in Chepelare between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Chepelare?
The coldest day measured in Chepelare between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1963, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Chepelare?
Yes. Chepelare gets on average 185.4 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Chepelare warmed?
Yes: Chepelare warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Chepelare?
The wettest day measured in Chepelare between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2006, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Chepelare?
The windiest day measured in Chepelare between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Chepelare?
The warmest month in Chepelare is July (17.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Chepelare?
Chepelare receives on average 1,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Chepelare?
Chepelare gets on average 9.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,468 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Chepelare?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Chepelare between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 55.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Chepelare?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Chepelare.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chepelare?
In Chepelare, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 17 January 1963.
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