Kardzhali climate — normals and trends
Kardzhali (Bulgaria) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 867 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kardzhali averages 81 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Kardzhali 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 95 to 67 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.2 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -23.9 °C (on 28 December 1941).
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
KardzhaliKardzhali
- coords
- 41.65°, 25.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
867mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.1km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
81 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.5 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
38.2 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-23.9 °C
28 December 1941
Wettest day
93 mm
8 October 2006
Windiest day
44.3 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
129.2 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
28 December 1941
Snowiest day
54.7 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
22 June 1942
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 | 8.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 49 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -1.4 °C | 34 mm | -30 mm |
| Mar | 14.6 °C | +5.0 °C | 86 mm | +8 mm |
| Apr | 15.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 107 mm | +24 mm |
| May | 20.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 164 mm | +70 mm |
| Jun | 28.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 34 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +4.6 °C | 50 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 39 mm | -3 mm |
| Sep | 24.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 9 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 16.1 °C | -0.6 °C | 220 mm | +152 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 78 mm | +4 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 121 mm | +32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kardzhali?
Kardzhali has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 867 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kardzhali?
The hottest day measured in Kardzhali between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kardzhali?
The coldest day measured in Kardzhali between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1941, at -23.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kardzhali?
Yes. Kardzhali gets on average 116.5 cm of snow per year and has around 81 frost days.
Has the climate of Kardzhali warmed?
Yes: Kardzhali warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kardzhali?
The wettest day measured in Kardzhali between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2006, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kardzhali?
The windiest day measured in Kardzhali between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 44.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kardzhali?
The warmest month in Kardzhali is July (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kardzhali?
Kardzhali receives on average 867 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kardzhali?
Kardzhali gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kardzhali?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kardzhali between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 54.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kardzhali?
Yes: Kardzhali has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kardzhali?
In Kardzhali, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 28 December 1941.
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