Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Pernik: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In July its highs average 25.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pernik, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 27.6°C; Pernik is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sofia in JulyBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Leskovac in JulySerbia · 99 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Kumanovo in JulyNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Niš in JulySerbia · 122 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Skopje in JulyNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JulyBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Pristina in JulyKosovo · 153 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 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.