Dobšiná climate — normals and trends
Dobšiná (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 832 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 (16.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Dobšiná averages 142 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Dobšiná has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 3 July 2025) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 21 January 1940).
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
DobšináKošice Region
- coords
- 48.82°, 20.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.3°C
Average daily high
10.6°C
Average daily low
2.2°C
Annual rainfall
832mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
21.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
102.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
32.8 °C
3 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
56 mm
5 October 1963
Windiest day
36.7 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
112.7 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
34.4 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-35.1 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
30 January 2015
Sunniest day
15.2 h
4 July 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 34 mm | -4 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 23 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 10.5 °C | +5.2 °C | 82 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 49 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 15.0 °C | -1.3 °C | 92 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 24.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 31 mm | -80 mm |
| Jul | 23.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 134 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 23.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 86 mm | -5 mm |
| Sep | 19.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 98 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 10.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 69 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 121 mm | +62 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Dobšiná?
Dobšiná has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.3 °C and it receives 832 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dobšiná?
The hottest day measured in Dobšiná between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2025, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Dobšiná?
The coldest day measured in Dobšiná between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Dobšiná?
Yes. Dobšiná gets on average 102.1 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Dobšiná warmed?
Yes: Dobšiná warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Dobšiná?
The wettest day measured in Dobšiná between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1963, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Dobšiná?
The windiest day measured in Dobšiná between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 36.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Dobšiná?
The warmest month in Dobšiná is July (16.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Dobšiná?
Dobšiná receives on average 832 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Dobšiná?
Dobšiná gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Dobšiná?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Dobšiná between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2015, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Dobšiná?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Dobšiná.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dobšiná?
In Dobšiná, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.4 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -35.1 °C on 21 January 1940.
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