Kežmarok climate — normals and trends
Kežmarok (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 795 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 (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Kežmarok averages 146 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.
Kežmarok has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 167 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 3 July 2025) and the coldest -30.8 °C (on 1 February 1991).
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
KežmarokPrešov Region
- coords
- 49.14°, 20.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
10.3°C
Average daily low
1.8°C
Annual rainfall
795mm
Sunshine / day
7.9h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
146 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
147 d/yr
Annual snowfall
118.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.9 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
34.5 °C
3 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.8 °C
1 February 1991
Wettest day
61 mm
29 June 1958
Windiest day
37.9 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
35.5 °C
8 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-36.1 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
11 November 1979
Sunniest day
15.2 h
8 July 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 32 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 23 mm | -16 mm |
| Mar | 10.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 43 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +3.1 °C | 45 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 14.3 °C | -1.5 °C | 103 mm | +10 mm |
| Jun | 23.2 °C | +4.1 °C | 33 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 22.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 128 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +2.6 °C | 68 mm | -26 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 91 mm | +25 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | -1.2 °C | 72 mm | +24 mm |
| Nov | 6.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 100 mm | +53 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 16 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kežmarok?
Kežmarok has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 795 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kežmarok?
The hottest day measured in Kežmarok between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2025, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kežmarok?
The coldest day measured in Kežmarok between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1991, at -30.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kežmarok?
Yes. Kežmarok gets on average 118.4 cm of snow per year and has around 146 frost days.
Has the climate of Kežmarok warmed?
Yes: Kežmarok warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kežmarok?
The wettest day measured in Kežmarok between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1958, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kežmarok?
The windiest day measured in Kežmarok between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 37.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kežmarok?
The warmest month in Kežmarok is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Kežmarok?
Kežmarok receives on average 795 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kežmarok?
Kežmarok gets on average 7.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,884 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kežmarok?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kežmarok between 1940 and 2025 was 11 November 1979, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kežmarok?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kežmarok.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kežmarok?
In Kežmarok, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 8 July 1957, and the lowest was -36.1 °C on 1 February 1956.
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