Climate averages 1991–2020
Pleven weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Pleven: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruse (118 km away). In May its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Pleven, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Pleven ranks joint 1st of 10 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 21.2°C; Pleven is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 80 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ruse in MayBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Craiova in MayRomania · 119 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Sofia in MayBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in MayBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Plovdiv in MayBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Pernik in MayBulgaria · 158 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 160 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Sliven in MayBulgaria · 161 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 106 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.