Climate averages 1991–2020
Shumen 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 Shumen: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 8.0°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 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varna (80 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Shumen, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Shumen ranks 8th 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; Shumen is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 10.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 46 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Varna in OctoberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Sliven in OctoberBulgaria · 81 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Burgas in OctoberBulgaria · 96 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in OctoberBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 145 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Constanţa in OctoberRomania · 171 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Edirne in OctoberTurkey · 180 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°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.