Yakoruda climate — normals and trends
Yakoruda (Bulgaria) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,089 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 (15.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Yakoruda averages 147 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 148 rainy days per year.
Yakoruda 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 159 to 135 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -30.2 °C (on 13 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
YakorudaBlagoevgrad
- coords
- 42.03°, 23.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
1.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,089mm
Sunshine / day
9.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
9.2km/h
Seasonal range
19.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
147 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
148 d/yr
Annual snowfall
217.9 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 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
+2.0 °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
33.0 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-30.2 °C
13 January 1950
Wettest day
67 mm
19 August 1949
Windiest day
28.6 km/h
24 March 2008
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
14 November 2004
Hottest feels-like
34.1 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-34.4 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
39.8 cm
15 February 1991
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 °C | +4.5 °C | 60 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 2.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 30 mm | -37 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +6.3 °C | 78 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 11.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 132 mm | +30 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 237 mm | +101 mm |
| Jun | 23.5 °C | +4.8 °C | 33 mm | -106 mm |
| Jul | 26.7 °C | +6.0 °C | 100 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 80 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 21.0 °C | +3.5 °C | 36 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 11.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 140 mm | +72 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 112 mm | +36 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +3.0 °C | 82 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Yakoruda?
Yakoruda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 1,089 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yakoruda?
The hottest day measured in Yakoruda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Yakoruda?
The coldest day measured in Yakoruda between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1950, at -30.2 °C.
Does it snow in Yakoruda?
Yes. Yakoruda gets on average 217.9 cm of snow per year and has around 147 frost days.
Has the climate of Yakoruda warmed?
Yes: Yakoruda warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Yakoruda?
The wettest day measured in Yakoruda between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1949, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Yakoruda?
The windiest day measured in Yakoruda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 March 2008, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Yakoruda?
The warmest month in Yakoruda is July (15.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Yakoruda?
Yakoruda receives on average 1,089 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 148 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Yakoruda?
Yakoruda 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 Yakoruda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Yakoruda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 February 1991, with 39.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Yakoruda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Yakoruda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yakoruda?
In Yakoruda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -34.4 °C on 13 January 1950.
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