Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Pleven: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In February its highs average 6.9°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 5th of 10 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 10 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 10 cities is 7.0°C; Pleven is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 52 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ruse in FebruaryBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Craiova in FebruaryRomania · 119 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sofia in FebruaryBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in FebruaryBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Plovdiv in FebruaryBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Pernik in FebruaryBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Piteşti in FebruaryRomania · 160 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Sliven in FebruaryBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 54 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.