Gotse Delchev climate — normals and trends
Gotse Delchev (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.0 °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 (20.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Gotse Delchev averages 100 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.
Gotse Delchev 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 111 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -31.5 °C (on 14 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
Gotse DelchevBlagoevgrad
- coords
- 41.57°, 23.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
806mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
100 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
121 d/yr
Annual snowfall
78.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
2.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
37.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-31.5 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
61 mm
29 March 1971
Windiest day
24.9 km/h
24 March 2008
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
7 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-36.5 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
34.9 cm
14 March 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 49 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 5.5 °C | -0.5 °C | 81 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +4.3 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 107 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 19.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 182 mm | +87 mm |
| Jun | 27.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 33 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 30.4 °C | +4.7 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 33 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 28 mm | -11 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -1.4 °C | 83 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 163 mm | +84 mm |
| Dec | 8.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 63 mm | -20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gotse Delchev?
Gotse Delchev has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 806 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gotse Delchev?
The hottest day measured in Gotse Delchev between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gotse Delchev?
The coldest day measured in Gotse Delchev between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -31.5 °C.
Does it snow in Gotse Delchev?
Yes. Gotse Delchev gets on average 78.8 cm of snow per year and has around 100 frost days.
Has the climate of Gotse Delchev warmed?
Yes: Gotse Delchev warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gotse Delchev?
The wettest day measured in Gotse Delchev between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1971, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gotse Delchev?
The windiest day measured in Gotse Delchev between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2008, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gotse Delchev?
The warmest month in Gotse Delchev is July (20.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Gotse Delchev?
Gotse Delchev receives on average 806 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gotse Delchev?
Gotse Delchev gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gotse Delchev?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gotse Delchev between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1956, with 34.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gotse Delchev?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Gotse Delchev.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gotse Delchev?
In Gotse Delchev, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 7 July 1988, and the lowest was -36.5 °C on 14 January 1950.
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