Novi Pazar climate — normals and trends
Novi Pazar (Bulgaria) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 579 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 (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Novi Pazar averages 75 frost days, 19 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Novi Pazar has warmed by +1.9 °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 89 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -27.8 °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
Novi PazarShumen
- coords
- 43.35°, 27.20°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
579mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
19 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
55.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
40.7 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
145 mm
4 September 1999
Windiest day
41.9 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
91.4 km/h
1 January 1971
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
5 February 1998
Sunniest day
14.8 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.4 °C | +5.8 °C | 20 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | -2.7 °C | 37 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 15.2 °C | +5.4 °C | 28 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 52 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -0.9 °C | 71 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 9 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +4.6 °C | 13 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 17 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | -0.6 °C | 133 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 58 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 15 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 579 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Novi Pazar?
The hottest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Novi Pazar?
The coldest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Novi Pazar?
Yes. Novi Pazar gets on average 55.1 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Novi Pazar warmed?
Yes: Novi Pazar warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Novi Pazar?
The wettest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1999, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Novi Pazar?
The windiest day measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 41.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Novi Pazar?
The warmest month in Novi Pazar is July (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar receives on average 579 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Novi Pazar?
Novi Pazar gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Novi Pazar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Novi Pazar between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1998, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Novi Pazar?
Yes: Novi Pazar has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Novi Pazar?
In Novi Pazar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 25 January 1942.
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