Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Sofia: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 16 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In June its highs average 22.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sofia, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 10 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 10 cities is 25.2°C; Sofia is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Pernik in JuneBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Leskovac in JuneSerbia · 117 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JuneBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Pleven in JuneBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Niš in JuneSerbia · 135 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Kumanovo in JuneNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Skopje in JuneNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Pristina in JuneKosovo · 176 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 65 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.