Nová Baňa climate — normals and trends
Nová Baňa (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 812 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 (18.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Nová Baňa averages 114 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Nová Baňa 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 133 to 95 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 21 July 2022) and the coldest -28.0 °C (on 12 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
Nová BaňaBanská Bystrica Region
- coords
- 48.42°, 18.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.0°C
Average daily high
12.1°C
Average daily low
4.0°C
Annual rainfall
812mm
Sunshine / day
8.2h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
114 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
88.3 cm
Average feels-like high
10.1 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
33.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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
35.0 °C
21 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
12 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
18 July 1997
Windiest day
37.5 km/h
19 March 1948
Strongest gust
103.3 km/h
1 March 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.5 °C
18 July 2007
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
12 January 1940
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
30 January 2015
Sunniest day
15.3 h
2 July 2025
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 | 2.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 35 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 24 mm | -25 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +4.8 °C | 72 mm | +20 mm |
| Apr | 15.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 68 mm | +2 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | -1.7 °C | 75 mm | -16 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 32 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 24.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 110 mm | +22 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 97 mm | +17 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 101 mm | +39 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 74 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 6.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 109 mm | +43 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 13 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nová Baňa?
Nová Baňa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.0 °C and it receives 812 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nová Baňa?
The hottest day measured in Nová Baňa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2022, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nová Baňa?
The coldest day measured in Nová Baňa between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1940, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Nová Baňa?
Yes. Nová Baňa gets on average 88.3 cm of snow per year and has around 114 frost days.
Has the climate of Nová Baňa warmed?
Yes: Nová Baňa warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nová Baňa?
The wettest day measured in Nová Baňa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1997, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nová Baňa?
The windiest day measured in Nová Baňa between 1940 and 2025 was 19 March 1948, with winds reaching 37.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nová Baňa?
The warmest month in Nová Baňa is July (18.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Nová Baňa?
Nová Baňa receives on average 812 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nová Baňa?
Nová Baňa gets on average 8.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,993 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Nová Baňa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Nová Baňa between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2015, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Nová Baňa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nová Baňa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nová Baňa?
In Nová Baňa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 18 July 2007, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 12 January 1940.
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