Kyustendil climate — normals and trends
Kyustendil (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 691 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 (20.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Kyustendil averages 99 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Kyustendil has warmed by +2.0 °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 114 to 84 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -26.9 °C (on 3 January 1940).
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
- 42.28°, 22.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.0°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
5.1°C
Annual rainfall
691mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
9.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.8 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
38.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
3 January 1940
Wettest day
63 mm
19 August 1949
Windiest day
29.3 km/h
24 March 2008
Strongest gust
94.0 km/h
13 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.3 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 41 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 18 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +5.0 °C | 64 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 16.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 44 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 126 mm | +47 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 9 mm | -69 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 17 mm | -35 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 52 mm | +9 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 46 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 14.0 °C | -2.4 °C | 132 mm | +79 mm |
| Nov | 12.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 146 mm | +84 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 40 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kyustendil?
Kyustendil has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.0 °C and it receives 691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kyustendil?
The hottest day measured in Kyustendil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kyustendil?
The coldest day measured in Kyustendil between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1940, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Kyustendil?
Yes. Kyustendil gets on average 80.1 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Kyustendil warmed?
Yes: Kyustendil warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kyustendil?
The wettest day measured in Kyustendil between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1949, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kyustendil?
The windiest day measured in Kyustendil between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2008, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kyustendil?
The warmest month in Kyustendil is July (20.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kyustendil?
Kyustendil receives on average 691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kyustendil?
Kyustendil gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kyustendil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kyustendil between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 27.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kyustendil?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kyustendil.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kyustendil?
In Kyustendil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 24 January 1942.
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