Climate averages 1991–2020
Stara Zagora weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Stara Zagora: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sliven (63 km away). In October its highs average 17.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Stara Zagora, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Stara Zagora ranks joint 1st of 10 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Stara Zagora is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.2°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 54 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sliven in OctoberBulgaria · 63 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Plovdiv in OctoberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Edirne in OctoberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 138 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Shumen in OctoberBulgaria · 140 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Burgas in OctoberBulgaria · 150 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Lüleburgaz in OctoberTurkey · 182 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 61 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.