Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sofia: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sofia, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Sofia is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 35 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Sofia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 39 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 39 | 7.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 58 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 70 | 13.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 51 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 35 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 35 | 6.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 46 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 36 | 6.7 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 45 | 8.6 | 9.19 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
August in nearby cities
- Pernik in AugustBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Leskovac in AugustSerbia · 117 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AugustBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Niš in AugustSerbia · 135 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Kumanovo in AugustNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Skopje in AugustNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Pristina in AugustKosovo · 176 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.9°C · 40 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 Sofia) is explained once on the Sofia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.