Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ruse: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In January its highs average 2.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ruse, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks 8th of 10 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Ruse is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 66 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Shumen in JanuaryBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Pleven in JanuaryBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Ploieşti in JanuaryRomania · 123 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Piteşti in JanuaryRomania · 141 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in JanuaryBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Buzău in JanuaryRomania · 161 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 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.