Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Sofia: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 31 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In February its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Sofia, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 10 cities is 7.0°C; Sofia is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Pernik in FebruaryBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Leskovac in FebruarySerbia · 117 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Plovdiv in FebruaryBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Pleven in FebruaryBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Niš in FebruarySerbia · 135 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Kumanovo in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Skopje in FebruaryNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Pristina in FebruaryKosovo · 176 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 41 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.