Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ruse: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ruse, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks joint 4th of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Ruse is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 48 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 66 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Shumen in OctoberBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Ploieşti in OctoberRomania · 123 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Sliven in OctoberBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 141 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in OctoberBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Buzău in OctoberRomania · 161 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 50 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.