Climate averages 1991–2020
Pernik weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Pernik: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sofia (26 km away). In October its highs average 16.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Pernik, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pernik ranks 10th of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Pernik is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sofia in OctoberBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Leskovac in OctoberSerbia · 99 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Kumanovo in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 120 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Niš in OctoberSerbia · 122 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Skopje in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 148 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Plovdiv in OctoberBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Pristina in OctoberKosovo · 153 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 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.