Climate averages 1991–2020
Shumen weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Shumen: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (80 km away). In January its highs average 5.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Shumen, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Shumen ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Shumen is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 43 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
Shumen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Varna in JanuaryBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Burgas in JanuaryBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in JanuaryBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 145 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Constanţa in JanuaryRomania · 171 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Edirne in JanuaryTurkey · 180 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 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.