Velingrad climate — normals and trends
Velingrad (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 921 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Velingrad averages 123 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Velingrad 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 136 to 110 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 22 July 2025) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 14 January 1950).
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
VelingradPazardzhik
- coords
- 42.03°, 23.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.7°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
3.1°C
Annual rainfall
921mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
20.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
123 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
159.8 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
35.3 °C
22 July 2025
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
72 mm
23 September 1960
Windiest day
29.4 km/h
24 March 2008
Strongest gust
111.2 km/h
13 February 1956
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-32.2 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
34.9 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
22 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 °C | +4.6 °C | 47 mm | -14 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 27 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +6.1 °C | 72 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 12.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 111 mm | +23 mm |
| May | 17.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 188 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 14 mm | -100 mm |
| Jul | 28.8 °C | +6.3 °C | 76 mm | -14 mm |
| Aug | 24.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 49 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 22 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | -1.1 °C | 143 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 77 mm | +12 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.7 °C | 77 mm | +2 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Velingrad?
Velingrad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.7 °C and it receives 921 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Velingrad?
The hottest day measured in Velingrad between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2025, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Velingrad?
The coldest day measured in Velingrad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Velingrad?
Yes. Velingrad gets on average 159.8 cm of snow per year and has around 123 frost days.
Has the climate of Velingrad warmed?
Yes: Velingrad warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Velingrad?
The wettest day measured in Velingrad between 1940 and 2025 was 23 September 1960, with 72 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Velingrad?
The windiest day measured in Velingrad between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2008, with winds reaching 29.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Velingrad?
The warmest month in Velingrad is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Velingrad?
Velingrad receives on average 921 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Velingrad?
Velingrad 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 Velingrad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Velingrad between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 34.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Velingrad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Velingrad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Velingrad?
In Velingrad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -32.2 °C on 14 January 1950.
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