Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in November.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Sofia: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 48 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In November its highs average 9.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Sofia, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 10 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 10 cities is 11.5°C; Sofia is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 4.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Pernik in NovemberBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Leskovac in NovemberSerbia · 117 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Plovdiv in NovemberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Pleven in NovemberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Niš in NovemberSerbia · 135 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Kumanovo in NovemberNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Skopje in NovemberNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Pristina in NovemberKosovo · 176 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 46 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.