Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In April its highs average 16.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Stara Zagora, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks 3rd of 10 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 10 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 10 cities is 16.2°C; Stara Zagora is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Stara Zagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 49 | 7.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 47 | 7.4 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 60 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 60 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 13.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 68 | 12.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 59 | 9.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 47 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 57 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 6.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 60 | 8.4 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Sliven in AprilBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AprilBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Edirne in AprilTurkey · 113 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Shumen in AprilBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Burgas in AprilBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in AprilTurkey · 182 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.7°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 Stara Zagora) is explained once on the Stara Zagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.