Nesebar climate — normals and trends
Nesebar (Bulgaria) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 575 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (2.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Nesebar averages 33 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Nesebar has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 46 to 20 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 9 July 2000) and the coldest -18.4 °C (on 25 January 1942).
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
NesebarBurgas
- coords
- 42.66°, 27.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.8°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
10.1°C
Annual rainfall
575mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
33 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.7 cm
Average feels-like high
14.6 °C
Average feels-like low
8.0 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
34 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
35.3 °C
9 July 2000
Coldest day
-18.4 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
147 mm
4 September 1999
Windiest day
52.5 km/h
19 November 2023
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
27 February 1989
Hottest feels-like
39.6 °C
25 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-23.9 °C
12 January 1950
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
3 February 1986
Sunniest day
14.5 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.7 °C | +4.3 °C | 31 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 50 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 12.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 46 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 18.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 89 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 11 mm | -43 mm |
| Jul | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 2 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 27.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 150 mm | +99 mm |
| Nov | 15.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 64 mm | +8 mm |
| Dec | 9.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 30 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nesebar?
Nesebar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.8 °C and it receives 575 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nesebar?
The hottest day measured in Nesebar between 1940 and 2025 was 9 July 2000, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nesebar?
The coldest day measured in Nesebar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -18.4 °C.
Does it snow in Nesebar?
Yes. Nesebar gets on average 33.7 cm of snow per year and has around 33 frost days.
Has the climate of Nesebar warmed?
Yes: Nesebar warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nesebar?
The wettest day measured in Nesebar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1999, with 147 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nesebar?
The windiest day measured in Nesebar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with winds reaching 52.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nesebar?
The warmest month in Nesebar is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (2.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Nesebar?
Nesebar receives on average 575 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nesebar?
Nesebar gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nesebar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nesebar between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1986, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nesebar?
Yes: Nesebar has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nesebar?
In Nesebar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 25 July 2007, and the lowest was -23.9 °C on 12 January 1950.
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