Považská Bystrica climate — normals and trends
Považská Bystrica (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 804 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Považská Bystrica averages 120 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.
Považská Bystrica has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.34 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 142 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 8 August 2013) and the coldest -32.0 °C (on 11 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
Považská BystricaTrenčín Region
- coords
- 49.12°, 18.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
3.5°C
Annual rainfall
804mm
Sunshine / day
7.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
13.3km/h
Seasonal range
21.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
120 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
142 d/yr
Annual snowfall
109.1 cm
Average feels-like high
9.3 °C
Average feels-like low
0.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.9 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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
35.2 °C
8 August 2013
Coldest day
-32.0 °C
11 January 1940
Wettest day
52 mm
13 September 1998
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
29 October 2017
Hottest feels-like
36.4 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-36.9 °C
11 January 1940
Snowiest day
18.7 cm
19 December 1981
Sunniest day
15.5 h
27 June 2019
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 | +3.7 °C | 40 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 19 mm | -33 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +4.8 °C | 69 mm | +14 mm |
| Apr | 15.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 39 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 15.5 °C | -1.7 °C | 79 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 23.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 55 mm | -34 mm |
| Jul | 23.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 136 mm | +44 mm |
| Aug | 24.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 79 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 19.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 101 mm | +36 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 71 mm | +18 mm |
| Nov | 6.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Dec | 3.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 12 mm | -49 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Považská Bystrica?
Považská Bystrica has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 804 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Považská Bystrica?
The hottest day measured in Považská Bystrica between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2013, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Považská Bystrica?
The coldest day measured in Považská Bystrica between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1940, at -32.0 °C.
Does it snow in Považská Bystrica?
Yes. Považská Bystrica gets on average 109.1 cm of snow per year and has around 120 frost days.
Has the climate of Považská Bystrica warmed?
Yes: Považská Bystrica warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Považská Bystrica?
The wettest day measured in Považská Bystrica between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 1998, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Považská Bystrica?
The windiest day measured in Považská Bystrica between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Považská Bystrica?
The warmest month in Považská Bystrica is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Považská Bystrica?
Považská Bystrica receives on average 804 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Považská Bystrica?
Považská Bystrica gets on average 7.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,847 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Považská Bystrica?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Považská Bystrica between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 1981, with 18.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Považská Bystrica?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Považská Bystrica.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Považská Bystrica?
In Považská Bystrica, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.4 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -36.9 °C on 11 January 1940.
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