Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Plovdiv is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 42 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
Plovdiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 40 | 6.7 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 40 | 7.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 53 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 46 | 8.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 56 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 46 | 8.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 39 | 6.7 | 14.915 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 24 | 4.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 42 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 38 | 5.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 48 | 7.6 | 9.29 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
- Stara Zagora in AugustBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Sofia in AugustBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Sliven in AugustBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Pernik in AugustBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Edirne in AugustTurkey · 159 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Ruse in AugustBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Shumen in AugustBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 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 Plovdiv) is explained once on the Plovdiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.