Climate averages 1991–2020
Sofia weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Sofia: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pernik (26 km away). In October its highs average 15.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sofia, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Sofia ranks 9th of 10 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Sofia is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Pernik in OctoberBulgaria · 26 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Leskovac in OctoberSerbia · 117 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Plovdiv in OctoberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 132 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Niš in OctoberSerbia · 135 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kumanovo in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 146 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Skopje in OctoberNorth Macedonia · 174 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Pristina in OctoberKosovo · 176 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.8°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.