Panagyurishte climate — normals and trends
Panagyurishte (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 604 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Panagyurishte averages 90 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.
Panagyurishte 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 103 to 77 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -26.1 °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
PanagyurishtePazardzhik
- coords
- 42.50°, 24.19°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.0°C
Annual rainfall
604mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
115 d/yr
Annual snowfall
68.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.0 °C
Average peak gust
28.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
40.1 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
47 mm
7 September 1969
Windiest day
35.2 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
83.9 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
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 | 7.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 22 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 4.9 °C | -0.7 °C | 18 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 15.0 °C | +5.3 °C | 54 mm | +5 mm |
| Apr | 15.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 92 mm | +32 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 117 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 29.1 °C | +5.1 °C | 20 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 31.9 °C | +5.3 °C | 22 mm | -34 mm |
| Aug | 29.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 18 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 25.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 14.9 °C | -1.5 °C | 125 mm | +85 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +3.2 °C | 70 mm | +26 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Panagyurishte?
Panagyurishte has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 604 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Panagyurishte?
The hottest day measured in Panagyurishte between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Panagyurishte?
The coldest day measured in Panagyurishte between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.1 °C.
Does it snow in Panagyurishte?
Yes. Panagyurishte gets on average 68.2 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Panagyurishte warmed?
Yes: Panagyurishte warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Panagyurishte?
The wettest day measured in Panagyurishte between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1969, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Panagyurishte?
The windiest day measured in Panagyurishte between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 35.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Panagyurishte?
The warmest month in Panagyurishte is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Panagyurishte?
Panagyurishte receives on average 604 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Panagyurishte?
Panagyurishte gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Panagyurishte?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Panagyurishte between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Panagyurishte?
Yes: Panagyurishte has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Panagyurishte?
In Panagyurishte, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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