Sredets climate — normals and trends
Sredets (Bulgaria) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 670 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Sredets averages 55 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 101 rainy days per year.
Sredets has warmed by +2.0 °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 70 to 40 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 20 August 1945) and the coldest -24.3 °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
SredetsBurgas
- coords
- 42.35°, 27.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
16.7°C
Average daily low
8.5°C
Annual rainfall
670mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
16.6km/h
Seasonal range
20.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
55 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
101 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 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
40.4 °C
20 August 1945
Coldest day
-24.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
111 mm
25 October 2014
Windiest day
53.3 km/h
1 January 1971
Strongest gust
115.6 km/h
1 February 2015
Hottest feels-like
41.9 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-29.2 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
18 January 1977
Sunniest day
14.6 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 | 10.2 °C | +4.9 °C | 45 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -2.4 °C | 61 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 15.1 °C | +4.8 °C | 50 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 14.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 60 mm | 0 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | -0.2 °C | 107 mm | +48 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -52 mm |
| Jul | 30.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 6 mm | -30 mm |
| Aug | 27.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 28 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 15 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | -0.6 °C | 180 mm | +120 mm |
| Nov | 16.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 59 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 9.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | -37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sredets?
Sredets has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 670 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sredets?
The hottest day measured in Sredets between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1945, reaching 40.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sredets?
The coldest day measured in Sredets between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -24.3 °C.
Does it snow in Sredets?
Yes. Sredets gets on average 64.1 cm of snow per year and has around 55 frost days.
Has the climate of Sredets warmed?
Yes: Sredets warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sredets?
The wettest day measured in Sredets between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 2014, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sredets?
The windiest day measured in Sredets between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1971, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sredets?
The warmest month in Sredets is July (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Sredets?
Sredets receives on average 670 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 101 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sredets?
Sredets gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sredets?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sredets between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1977, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sredets?
Yes: Sredets has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sredets?
In Sredets, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.9 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -29.2 °C on 25 January 1942.
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