Etropole climate — normals and trends
Etropole (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 725 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Etropole averages 108 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.
Etropole 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 120 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -28.6 °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
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- coords
- 42.83°, 24.00°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.2°C
Average daily high
14.0°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
725mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
108 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
126 d/yr
Annual snowfall
99.6 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
2.9 °C
Average peak gust
29.6 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 = 0.48 · 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
37.7 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
13 January 1950
Wettest day
69 mm
3 July 2017
Windiest day
31.3 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
98.3 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
27.6 cm
7 January 2012
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 | 7.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 16 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +5.6 °C | 63 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 118 mm | +42 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 121 mm | +20 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 14 mm | -83 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 33 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 27.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 33 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +2.8 °C | 17 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 13.4 °C | -1.9 °C | 150 mm | +105 mm |
| Nov | 11.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 79 mm | +31 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Etropole?
Etropole has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.2 °C and it receives 725 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Etropole?
The hottest day measured in Etropole between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Etropole?
The coldest day measured in Etropole between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1950, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Etropole?
Yes. Etropole gets on average 99.6 cm of snow per year and has around 108 frost days.
Has the climate of Etropole warmed?
Yes: Etropole warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Etropole?
The wettest day measured in Etropole between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2017, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Etropole?
The windiest day measured in Etropole between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 31.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Etropole?
The warmest month in Etropole is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Etropole?
Etropole receives on average 725 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Etropole?
Etropole 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 Etropole?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Etropole between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 2012, with 27.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Etropole?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Etropole.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Etropole?
In Etropole, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 13 January 1950.
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