Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgas weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Burgas: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (87 km away). In January its highs average 5.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Burgas, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Burgas ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest January highs and joint 9th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Burgas is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Varna in JanuaryBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Shumen in JanuaryBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Edirne in JanuaryTurkey · 119 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in JanuaryTurkey · 123 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in JanuaryTurkey · 143 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in JanuaryBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Çorlu in JanuaryTurkey · 152 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.1°C · 60 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.