Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Sofia: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In July its highs average 25.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sofia, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 10 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 10 cities is 27.6°C; Sofia is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Pernik in JulyBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Leskovac in JulySerbia · 117 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JulyBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Niš in JulySerbia · 135 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Kumanovo in JulyNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Skopje in JulyNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Pristina in JulyKosovo · 176 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 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.