Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In January its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Plovdiv is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 40 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Stara Zagora in JanuaryBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Sofia in JanuaryBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Pleven in JanuaryBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Pernik in JanuaryBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Edirne in JanuaryTurkey · 159 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Shumen in JanuaryBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 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.