Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In December its highs average 6.5°C, about as warm as Stara Zagora, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks 3rd of 10 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 6.0°C; Stara Zagora is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Sliven in DecemberBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Plovdiv in DecemberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Edirne in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Pleven in DecemberBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Shumen in DecemberBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Burgas in DecemberBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Ruse in DecemberBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in DecemberTurkey · 182 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 66 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.