Vratsa climate — normals and trends
Vratsa (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 796 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Vratsa averages 93 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Vratsa 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 110 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.7 °C (on 4 July 2000) and the coldest -26.9 °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
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- coords
- 43.21°, 23.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
5.9°C
Annual rainfall
796mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.8 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
40.7 °C
4 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.9 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
104 mm
22 August 1979
Windiest day
35.5 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
86.8 km/h
28 January 2008
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.9 cm
17 January 1977
Sunniest day
15.0 h
13 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.3 °C | +6.1 °C | 14 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 3.6 °C | -1.5 °C | 20 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +5.6 °C | 64 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 68 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 112 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +4.7 °C | 5 mm | -97 mm |
| Jul | 31.0 °C | +4.5 °C | 41 mm | -33 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 37 mm | -18 mm |
| Sep | 25.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 15 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 159 mm | +106 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 88 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 6.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 65 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vratsa?
Vratsa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 796 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vratsa?
The hottest day measured in Vratsa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2000, reaching 40.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vratsa?
The coldest day measured in Vratsa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.9 °C.
Does it snow in Vratsa?
Yes. Vratsa gets on average 98.8 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Vratsa warmed?
Yes: Vratsa warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vratsa?
The wettest day measured in Vratsa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1979, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vratsa?
The windiest day measured in Vratsa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vratsa?
The warmest month in Vratsa is July (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Vratsa?
Vratsa receives on average 796 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vratsa?
Vratsa gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vratsa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vratsa between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1977, with 28.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vratsa?
Yes: Vratsa has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vratsa?
In Vratsa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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