Climate averages 1991–2020
Varna weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Varna: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shumen (80 km away). In October its highs average 16.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Varna, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Varna ranks 7th of 10 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 10 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 10 cities is 17.4°C; Varna is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 49 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Shumen in OctoberBulgaria · 80 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Burgas in OctoberBulgaria · 87 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Constanţa in OctoberRomania · 122 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Sliven in OctoberBulgaria · 142 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 63 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 173 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 198 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Edirne in OctoberTurkey · 204 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 10.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in OctoberBulgaria · 205 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 57 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.