Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In January its highs average 5.4°C, about as warm as Stara Zagora, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks joint 2nd of 10 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Stara Zagora is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Plovdiv in JanuaryBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Edirne in JanuaryTurkey · 113 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Pleven in JanuaryBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Shumen in JanuaryBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Burgas in JanuaryBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in JanuaryTurkey · 182 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 59 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.