Climate averages 1991–2020
Plovdiv weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Plovdiv: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stara Zagora (80 km away). In October its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Plovdiv, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Plovdiv ranks joint 4th of 10 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Plovdiv is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Stara Zagora in OctoberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Sofia in OctoberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Sliven in OctoberBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Pernik in OctoberBulgaria · 149 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Edirne in OctoberTurkey · 159 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 212 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Shumen in OctoberBulgaria · 217 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 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.