Climate averages 1991–2020
Varna weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Varna: daytime highs average 5.5°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shumen (80 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, 1.5°C cooler than Varna, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Varna ranks 4th of 10 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 10 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 10 cities is 4.8°C; Varna is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 7.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 38 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
Varna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Shumen in JanuaryBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Burgas in JanuaryBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Constanţa in JanuaryRomania · 122 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Sliven in JanuaryBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 173 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 198 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Edirne in JanuaryTurkey · 204 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in JanuaryBulgaria · 205 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 49 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.