Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Pleven: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Pleven is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 47 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
Pleven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 78 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 80 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 70 | 9.5 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 46 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 47 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 37 | 6.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.7°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 7.5 | 9.09 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
- Ruse in AugustBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Craiova in AugustRomania · 119 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sofia in AugustBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AugustBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AugustBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Pernik in AugustBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 160 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Sliven in AugustBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 56 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 Pleven) is explained once on the Pleven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.