Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgas weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Burgas: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (87 km away). In May its highs average 19.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Burgas, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Burgas ranks joint 6th of 10 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 21.2°C; Burgas is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Varna in MayBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Sliven in MayBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Shumen in MayBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Edirne in MayTurkey · 119 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in MayTurkey · 123 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Çerkezköy in MayTurkey · 143 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MayBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Çorlu in MayTurkey · 152 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 44 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.