Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Ruse: daytime highs average 6.9°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In February its highs average 6.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Ruse, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 10 cities is 7.0°C; Ruse is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 11.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bucharest in FebruaryRomania · 66 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Shumen in FebruaryBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Pleven in FebruaryBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Ploieşti in FebruaryRomania · 123 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Sliven in FebruaryBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Piteşti in FebruaryRomania · 141 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in FebruaryBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Buzău in FebruaryRomania · 161 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.8°C · 33 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.