Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Stara Zagora, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 10 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 10 cities is 27.9°C; Stara Zagora is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sliven in AugustBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Plovdiv in AugustBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Edirne in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Shumen in AugustBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Burgas in AugustBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Ruse in AugustBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in AugustTurkey · 182 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 11 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.