Peshtera climate — normals and trends
Peshtera (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 882 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Peshtera averages 109 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Peshtera has warmed by +2.1 °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 122 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 22 July 2025) and the coldest -27.7 °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
PeshteraPazardzhik
- coords
- 42.03°, 24.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
4.1°C
Annual rainfall
882mm
Sunshine / day
9.6h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
128.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 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
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
36.5 °C
22 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.7 °C
30 December 1941
Wettest day
87 mm
28 June 2018
Windiest day
28.5 km/h
19 April 1986
Strongest gust
109.8 km/h
13 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.8 °C
30 December 1941
Snowiest day
38.4 cm
7 March 2015
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 42 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | -0.5 °C | 25 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 13.9 °C | +5.9 °C | 75 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 13.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 103 mm | +16 mm |
| May | 18.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 176 mm | +67 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +5.2 °C | 6 mm | -106 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +6.1 °C | 71 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 36 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 16 mm | -40 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 147 mm | +91 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 66 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 79 mm | +8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Peshtera?
Peshtera has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 882 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Peshtera?
The hottest day measured in Peshtera between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, reaching 36.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Peshtera?
The coldest day measured in Peshtera between 1940 and 2025 was 30 December 1941, at -27.7 °C.
Does it snow in Peshtera?
Yes. Peshtera gets on average 128.9 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Peshtera warmed?
Yes: Peshtera warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Peshtera?
The wettest day measured in Peshtera between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2018, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Peshtera?
The windiest day measured in Peshtera between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1986, with winds reaching 28.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Peshtera?
The warmest month in Peshtera is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Peshtera?
Peshtera receives on average 882 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Peshtera?
Peshtera 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 Peshtera?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Peshtera between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2015, with 38.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Peshtera?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Peshtera.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Peshtera?
In Peshtera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.8 °C on 30 December 1941.
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