Poprad climate — normals and trends
Poprad (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 787 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Poprad averages 152 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.
Poprad has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 169 to 135 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.5 °C (on 3 July 2025) and the coldest -30.6 °C (on 1 February 1956).
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
PopradPrešov Region
- coords
- 49.06°, 20.30°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.5°C
Average daily high
9.6°C
Average daily low
1.5°C
Annual rainfall
787mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
21.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
152 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
143 d/yr
Annual snowfall
117.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
32.5 °C
3 July 2025
Coldest day
-30.6 °C
1 February 1956
Wettest day
54 mm
25 July 1975
Windiest day
34.3 km/h
30 November 1957
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
17 June 2016
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-36.0 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
22.1 cm
14 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.3 h
1 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 30 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 19 mm | -19 mm |
| Mar | 9.9 °C | +5.8 °C | 57 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 13.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 50 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 13.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 94 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +4.4 °C | 34 mm | -70 mm |
| Jul | 22.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 136 mm | +28 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 84 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 18.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 95 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 9.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 65 mm | +17 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 105 mm | +56 mm |
| Dec | 2.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 12 mm | -29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Poprad?
Poprad has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.5 °C and it receives 787 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Poprad?
The hottest day measured in Poprad between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 2025, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Poprad?
The coldest day measured in Poprad between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1956, at -30.6 °C.
Does it snow in Poprad?
Yes. Poprad gets on average 117.4 cm of snow per year and has around 152 frost days.
Has the climate of Poprad warmed?
Yes: Poprad warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Poprad?
The wettest day measured in Poprad between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1975, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Poprad?
The windiest day measured in Poprad between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1957, with winds reaching 34.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Poprad?
The warmest month in Poprad is July (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Poprad?
Poprad receives on average 787 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Poprad?
Poprad gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Poprad?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Poprad between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 1973, with 22.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Poprad?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Poprad.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Poprad?
In Poprad, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -36.0 °C on 1 February 1956.
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