Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Pleven: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In July its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks 1st of 10 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 27.6°C; Pleven is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 46 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ruse in JulyBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Craiova in JulyRomania · 119 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Sofia in JulyBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in JulyBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JulyBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Pernik in JulyBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Piteşti in JulyRomania · 160 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Sliven in JulyBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 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.