Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik 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 Pernik: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 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 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pernik, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Pernik is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 32 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
Pernik climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.4°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 40 | 7.6 | 10.511 h |
| March | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 54 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 54 | 10.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 52 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 46 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 36 | 7.2 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 26 | 5.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 32 | 5.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 46 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 49 | 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
- Sofia in AugustBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Leskovac in AugustSerbia · 99 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AugustNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Niš in AugustSerbia · 122 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AugustBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Pristina in AugustKosovo · 153 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 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 Pernik) is explained once on the Pernik year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.