Pirot climate — normals and trends
Pirot (Serbia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 748 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 (19.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Pirot averages 110 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Pirot 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 125 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 24 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
PirotCentral Serbia
- coords
- 43.15°, 22.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
13.9°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
748mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
10.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
110 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
32.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 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 = 0.48 · 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
37.9 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
58 mm
19 August 1949
Windiest day
30.4 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
95.8 km/h
30 January 2015
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
30 November 1978
Sunniest day
15.0 h
31 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 18 mm | -33 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 17 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 45 mm | -18 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 57 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 17.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 89 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 4 mm | -88 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 25 mm | -40 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +3.0 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | -2.2 °C | 133 mm | +84 mm |
| Nov | 11.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 138 mm | +78 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 38 mm | -19 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Pirot?
Pirot has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 748 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pirot?
The hottest day measured in Pirot between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 37.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Pirot?
The coldest day measured in Pirot between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Pirot?
Yes. Pirot gets on average 111.5 cm of snow per year and has around 110 frost days.
Has the climate of Pirot warmed?
Yes: Pirot warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Pirot?
The wettest day measured in Pirot between 1940 and 2025 was 19 August 1949, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Pirot?
The windiest day measured in Pirot between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 30.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Pirot?
The warmest month in Pirot is July (19.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Pirot?
Pirot receives on average 748 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Pirot?
Pirot gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Pirot?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Pirot between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1978, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Pirot?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Pirot.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pirot?
In Pirot, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 26 July 2025, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 24 January 1942.
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