Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgas weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Burgas: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (87 km away). In April its highs average 14.6°C, 1.4°C cooler than Burgas, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Burgas ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Burgas is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Burgas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 53 | 7.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 11.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 55 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 45 | 8.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 50 | 8.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 43 | 6.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 29 | 4.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 50 | 6.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 51 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 7.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 58 | 8.6 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Varna in AprilBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Shumen in AprilBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Edirne in AprilTurkey · 119 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in AprilTurkey · 123 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in AprilTurkey · 143 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AprilBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Çorlu in AprilTurkey · 152 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 47 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Burgas) is explained once on the Burgas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.