Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 10 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 10 cities is 21.2°C; Plovdiv is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 46 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Stara Zagora in MayBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Sofia in MayBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Pleven in MayBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Sliven in MayBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Pernik in MayBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Edirne in MayTurkey · 159 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Ruse in MayBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Shumen in MayBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.5°C · 61 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.