Gorna Oryahovitsa climate — normals and trends
Gorna Oryahovitsa (Bulgaria) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 641 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 (-0.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gorna Oryahovitsa averages 76 frost days, 29 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Gorna Oryahovitsa 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 91 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.0 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 19 December 1946).
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
Gorna OryahovitsaVeliko Tarnovo
- coords
- 43.13°, 25.70°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.8°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
641mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
29 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
79.5 cm
Average feels-like high
15.5 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 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 = 0.38 · 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
42.0 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
19 December 1946
Wettest day
70 mm
20 August 1949
Windiest day
42.4 km/h
5 June 2001
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
5 June 2001
Hottest feels-like
43.9 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
2 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.9 h
5 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.6 °C | +6.3 °C | 11 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | -2.5 °C | 32 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +5.5 °C | 31 mm | -21 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 41 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | -1.1 °C | 86 mm | +14 mm |
| Jun | 29.9 °C | +4.2 °C | 20 mm | -54 mm |
| Jul | 33.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 33 mm | -26 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 33 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 26.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 192 mm | +149 mm |
| Nov | 13.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 65 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 7.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 37 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gorna Oryahovitsa?
Gorna Oryahovitsa has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C and it receives 641 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The hottest day measured in Gorna Oryahovitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 42.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The coldest day measured in Gorna Oryahovitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1946, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
Yes. Gorna Oryahovitsa gets on average 79.5 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Gorna Oryahovitsa warmed?
Yes: Gorna Oryahovitsa warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The wettest day measured in Gorna Oryahovitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1949, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The windiest day measured in Gorna Oryahovitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 5 June 2001, with winds reaching 42.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The warmest month in Gorna Oryahovitsa is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
Gorna Oryahovitsa receives on average 641 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
Gorna Oryahovitsa gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gorna Oryahovitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1969, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
Yes: Gorna Oryahovitsa has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorna Oryahovitsa?
In Gorna Oryahovitsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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