Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ruse: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Ruse, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Ruse is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 55 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
Ruse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 65 | 10.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 79 | 10.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 48 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 55 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 5.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 46 | 7.7 | 9.09 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
- Bucharest in AugustRomania · 66 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Shumen in AugustBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Ploieşti in AugustRomania · 123 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Sliven in AugustBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 141 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in AugustBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Buzău in AugustRomania · 161 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 48 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 Ruse) is explained once on the Ruse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.