Pazardzhik climate — normals and trends
Pazardzhik (Bulgaria) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 594 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Pazardzhik averages 82 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 103 rainy days per year.
Pazardzhik has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 96 to 68 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.1 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -26.0 °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
PazardzhikPazardzhik
- coords
- 42.20°, 24.33°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.4°C
Average daily high
16.6°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
594mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
103 d/yr
Annual snowfall
74.6 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.6 °C
Average peak gust
25.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
41.1 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
63 mm
8 October 2006
Windiest day
34.2 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
75.6 km/h
2 April 1944
Hottest feels-like
42.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-30.7 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
31.2 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 32 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 6.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 22 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 55 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 16.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 75 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 126 mm | +61 mm |
| Jun | 31.0 °C | +5.8 °C | 4 mm | -50 mm |
| Jul | 33.8 °C | +6.0 °C | 37 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 12 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 11 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 16.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 124 mm | +77 mm |
| Nov | 14.7 °C | +3.5 °C | 69 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 81 mm | +20 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pazardzhik?
Pazardzhik has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.4 °C and it receives 594 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pazardzhik?
The hottest day measured in Pazardzhik between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 41.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pazardzhik?
The coldest day measured in Pazardzhik between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.0 °C.
Does it snow in Pazardzhik?
Yes. Pazardzhik gets on average 74.6 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Pazardzhik warmed?
Yes: Pazardzhik warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pazardzhik?
The wettest day measured in Pazardzhik between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2006, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pazardzhik?
The windiest day measured in Pazardzhik between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 34.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pazardzhik?
The warmest month in Pazardzhik is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Pazardzhik?
Pazardzhik receives on average 594 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 103 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pazardzhik?
Pazardzhik gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pazardzhik?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pazardzhik between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 31.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pazardzhik?
Yes: Pazardzhik has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pazardzhik?
In Pazardzhik, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.8 °C on 24 July 2007, and the lowest was -30.7 °C on 25 January 1942.
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