Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 56 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In July its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 27.6°C; Plovdiv is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 24 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Stara Zagora in JulyBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Sofia in JulyBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Sliven in JulyBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Pernik in JulyBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Edirne in JulyTurkey · 159 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruse in JulyBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Shumen in JulyBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.1°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 Plovdiv) is explained once on the Plovdiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.