Galanta climate — normals and trends
Galanta (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 598 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 (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Galanta averages 80 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Galanta has warmed by +2.5 °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 97 to 63 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 18 July 2007) and the coldest -28.2 °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
GalantaTrnava Region
- coords
- 48.19°, 17.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.7°C
Average daily high
14.9°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
598mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
80 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
42.4 cm
Average feels-like high
12.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °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
39.4 °C
18 July 2007
Coldest day
-28.2 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
55 mm
25 August 1965
Windiest day
54.2 km/h
1 March 1990
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
40.1 °C
18 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-33.2 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
15.9 cm
3 January 1941
Sunniest day
15.4 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 19 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 14.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 59 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 19.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 38 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 19.7 °C | -1.0 °C | 44 mm | -18 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 46 mm | -23 mm |
| Jul | 27.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 77 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 96 mm | +38 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 81 mm | +31 mm |
| Oct | 15.1 °C | -0.4 °C | 47 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 8.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 72 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 23 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Galanta?
Galanta has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.7 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Galanta?
The hottest day measured in Galanta between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2007, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Galanta?
The coldest day measured in Galanta between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -28.2 °C.
Does it snow in Galanta?
Yes. Galanta gets on average 42.4 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.
Has the climate of Galanta warmed?
Yes: Galanta warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Galanta?
The wettest day measured in Galanta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1965, with 55 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Galanta?
The windiest day measured in Galanta between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1990, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Galanta?
The warmest month in Galanta is July (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Galanta?
Galanta receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Galanta?
Galanta gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Galanta?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Galanta between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1941, with 15.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Galanta?
Yes: Galanta has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Galanta?
In Galanta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.1 °C on 18 July 2007, and the lowest was -33.2 °C on 24 January 1942.
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