Climate averages 1991–2020
Varna weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Varna: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shumen (80 km away). In February its highs average 6.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Varna, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Varna ranks 6th of 10 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 10 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 10 cities is 7.0°C; Varna is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Shumen in FebruaryBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Burgas in FebruaryBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Constanţa in FebruaryRomania · 122 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 0.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Sliven in FebruaryBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Ruse in FebruaryBulgaria · 173 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bucharest in FebruaryRomania · 198 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Edirne in FebruaryTurkey · 204 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 0.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in FebruaryBulgaria · 205 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -1.1°C · 47 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.