Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgas weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Burgas: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (87 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Burgas, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Burgas ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Burgas is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Varna in AugustBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Sliven in AugustBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Shumen in AugustBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Edirne in AugustTurkey · 119 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in AugustTurkey · 123 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in AugustTurkey · 143 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AugustBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Çorlu in AugustTurkey · 152 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 13 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.