Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Pleven: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 6.0°C; Pleven is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Ruse in DecemberBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Craiova in DecemberRomania · 119 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sofia in DecemberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in DecemberBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Plovdiv in DecemberBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Pernik in DecemberBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Piteşti in DecemberRomania · 160 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Sliven in DecemberBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 63 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.