Climate averages 1991–2020
Shumen weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Shumen: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (80 km away). In December its highs average 7.0°C, 1.6°C warmer than Shumen, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Shumen ranks joint 7th of 10 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 6.0°C; Shumen is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Shumen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 47 | 7.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 6.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 52 | 9.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 61 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 37 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 6.5 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 5.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 8.0 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Varna in DecemberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Sliven in DecemberBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Burgas in DecemberBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Ruse in DecemberBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in DecemberBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Bucharest in DecemberRomania · 145 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Constanţa in DecemberRomania · 171 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Edirne in DecemberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 60 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 Shumen) is explained once on the Shumen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.