Elin Pelin climate — normals and trends
Elin Pelin (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 718 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Elin Pelin averages 117 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Elin Pelin 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 129 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.9 °C (on 24 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
Elin PelinSofia
- coords
- 42.67°, 23.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
718mm
Sunshine / day
9.5h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
117 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.0 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
37.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.9 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
67 mm
6 August 2007
Windiest day
30.0 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
96.8 km/h
5 April 2000
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.9 cm
16 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +5.4 °C | 51 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 93 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 17.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 104 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +4.2 °C | 15 mm | -80 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 29 mm | -43 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 32 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 19 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 13.1 °C | -2.2 °C | 154 mm | +109 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 76 mm | +27 mm |
| Dec | 5.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 34 mm | -15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Elin Pelin?
Elin Pelin has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 718 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Elin Pelin?
The hottest day measured in Elin Pelin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Elin Pelin?
The coldest day measured in Elin Pelin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -29.9 °C.
Does it snow in Elin Pelin?
Yes. Elin Pelin gets on average 102.0 cm of snow per year and has around 117 frost days.
Has the climate of Elin Pelin warmed?
Yes: Elin Pelin warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Elin Pelin?
The wettest day measured in Elin Pelin between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 2007, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Elin Pelin?
The windiest day measured in Elin Pelin between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Elin Pelin?
The warmest month in Elin Pelin is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Elin Pelin?
Elin Pelin receives on average 718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Elin Pelin?
Elin Pelin 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 Elin Pelin?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Elin Pelin between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1973, with 23.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Elin Pelin?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Elin Pelin.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Elin Pelin?
In Elin Pelin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 24 January 1942.
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