Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Pernik: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In February its highs average 5.8°C, about as warm as Pernik, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest February highs and joint 5th of 10 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 10 cities is 7.0°C; Pernik is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Sofia in FebruaryBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Leskovac in FebruarySerbia · 99 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kumanovo in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Niš in FebruarySerbia · 122 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Skopje in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Plovdiv in FebruaryBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Pristina in FebruaryKosovo · 153 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Pleven in FebruaryBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 37 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.