Madan climate — normals and trends
Madan (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,046 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 (19.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Madan averages 92 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 137 rainy days per year.
Madan has warmed by +1.8 °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 106 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -24.1 °C (on 30 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
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- coords
- 41.50°, 24.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
14.5°C
Average daily low
5.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,046mm
Sunshine / day
9.8h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
137 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.0 °C
Average feels-like low
3.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
-24.1 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
81 mm
26 February 1988
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
15 February 2005
Strongest gust
124.9 km/h
15 February 2005
Hottest feels-like
38.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-29.2 °C
4 January 1979
Snowiest day
55.9 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 | 7.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 53 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 4.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 34 mm | -45 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 80 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 129 mm | +31 mm |
| May | 18.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 156 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 26.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 25 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +4.3 °C | 34 mm | -51 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 58 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 26 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 14.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 174 mm | +107 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 155 mm | +65 mm |
| Dec | 7.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 97 mm | -9 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Madan?
Madan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 1,046 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Madan?
The hottest day measured in Madan between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 37.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Madan?
The coldest day measured in Madan between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -24.1 °C.
Does it snow in Madan?
Yes. Madan gets on average 116.3 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Madan warmed?
Yes: Madan warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Madan?
The wettest day measured in Madan between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1988, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Madan?
The windiest day measured in Madan between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 2005, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Madan?
The warmest month in Madan is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Madan?
Madan receives on average 1,046 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 137 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Madan?
Madan 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 Madan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Madan between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 55.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Madan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Madan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Madan?
In Madan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -29.2 °C on 4 January 1979.
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