Rožňava climate — normals and trends
Rožňava (Slovakia) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 760 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Rožňava averages 139 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Rožňava 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 156 to 122 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 15 August 1952) and the coldest -30.1 °C (on 21 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
RožňavaKošice Region
- coords
- 48.66°, 20.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.7°C
Average daily high
10.9°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
760mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.9km/h
Seasonal range
22.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
139 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
91.0 cm
Average feels-like high
8.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.6 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
33.0 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
21 January 1940
Wettest day
60 mm
5 October 1963
Windiest day
38.6 km/h
15 May 2014
Strongest gust
115.9 km/h
15 May 2014
Hottest feels-like
34.9 °C
15 August 1952
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
16.9 cm
30 January 2015
Sunniest day
15.2 h
30 June 2019
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5 °C | +4.1 °C | 27 mm | -7 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 22 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 10.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 74 mm | +31 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 89 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 30 mm | -68 mm |
| Jul | 23.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 130 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 24.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 66 mm | -17 mm |
| Sep | 19.4 °C | +1.9 °C | 89 mm | +29 mm |
| Oct | 10.5 °C | -1.1 °C | 62 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 5.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 115 mm | +60 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | +3.3 °C | 10 mm | -32 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rožňava?
Rožňava has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.7 °C and it receives 760 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rožňava?
The hottest day measured in Rožňava between 1940 and 2025 was 15 August 1952, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rožňava?
The coldest day measured in Rožňava between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1940, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Rožňava?
Yes. Rožňava gets on average 91.0 cm of snow per year and has around 139 frost days.
Has the climate of Rožňava warmed?
Yes: Rožňava warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rožňava?
The wettest day measured in Rožňava between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 1963, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rožňava?
The windiest day measured in Rožňava between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 2014, with winds reaching 38.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rožňava?
The warmest month in Rožňava is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Rožňava?
Rožňava receives on average 760 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rožňava?
Rožňava 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 Rožňava?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rožňava between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2015, with 16.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rožňava?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rožňava.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rožňava?
In Rožňava, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.9 °C on 15 August 1952, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 21 January 1940.
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