Climate averages 1991–2020
Varna weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Varna: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shumen (80 km away). In December its highs average 5.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Varna, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Varna ranks 2nd of 10 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 6.0°C; Varna is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 46 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
Varna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 7.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 38 | 6.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 47 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 49 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 33 | 5.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 48 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 49 | 7.0 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 7.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 8.1 | 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
- Shumen in DecemberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Burgas in DecemberBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Constanţa in DecemberRomania · 122 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Sliven in DecemberBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Ruse in DecemberBulgaria · 173 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Bucharest in DecemberRomania · 198 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Edirne in DecemberTurkey · 204 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in DecemberBulgaria · 205 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 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 Varna) is explained once on the Varna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.