Perushtitsa climate — normals and trends
Perushtitsa (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 942 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 (-1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Perushtitsa averages 101 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Perushtitsa 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 114 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 26 July 2000) and the coldest -27.5 °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
PerushtitsaPlovdiv
- coords
- 42.05°, 24.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.5°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
942mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
9.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
101 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 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 = 0.48 · 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
37.7 °C
26 July 2000
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
108 mm
28 June 2018
Windiest day
28.8 km/h
18 January 2018
Strongest gust
96.5 km/h
13 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
42.5 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
14.9 h
7 July 2025
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 | 7.4 °C | +4.5 °C | 38 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 24 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +5.7 °C | 89 mm | +16 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 103 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 18.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 200 mm | +75 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 6 mm | -121 mm |
| Jul | 30.1 °C | +5.5 °C | 80 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 19 mm | -44 mm |
| Oct | 14.3 °C | -1.2 °C | 155 mm | +97 mm |
| Nov | 13.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 80 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 89 mm | +17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Perushtitsa?
Perushtitsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.5 °C and it receives 942 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Perushtitsa?
The hottest day measured in Perushtitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2000, reaching 37.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Perushtitsa?
The coldest day measured in Perushtitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Perushtitsa?
Yes. Perushtitsa gets on average 112.3 cm of snow per year and has around 101 frost days.
Has the climate of Perushtitsa warmed?
Yes: Perushtitsa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Perushtitsa?
The wettest day measured in Perushtitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2018, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Perushtitsa?
The windiest day measured in Perushtitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2018, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Perushtitsa?
The warmest month in Perushtitsa is July (19.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Perushtitsa?
Perushtitsa receives on average 942 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Perushtitsa?
Perushtitsa 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 Perushtitsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Perushtitsa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 42.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Perushtitsa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Perushtitsa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Perushtitsa?
In Perushtitsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 30 December 1941.
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