May
May · September · June
Bulgaria · 1991–2020
May leads for comfortable weather in Pliska: typically 24.6°C by day, 11.1°C at night, with 51 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
May · September · June
August · July · June
October · April · May
The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against May’s 85 — days reach only 3.6°C, 20° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C | -3.7°C | 40 mm | 6.8 | 9 h 18 | 5 | Strong coverage |
| February | 6.8°C | -2.1°C | 28 mm | 4.8 | 10 h 26 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| March | 12.5°C | 1.7°C | 39 mm | 5.8 | 11 h 47 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| April | 18.9°C | 6°C | 41 mm | 6.6 | 13 h 21 | 63 | Strong coverage |
| May | 24.6°C | 11.1°C | 51 mm | 7.5 | 14 h 40 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| June | 28.8°C | 15.6°C | 66 mm | 7.3 | 15 h 23 | 75 | Strong coverage |
| July | 31°C | 17.2°C | 52 mm | 6.2 | 15 h 06 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| August | 31.1°C | 16.6°C | 42 mm | 4.2 | 13 h 58 | 72 | Strong coverage |
| September | 25.7°C | 12.2°C | 52 mm | 4.8 | 12 h 27 | 85 | Strong coverage |
| October | 18.8°C | 7.3°C | 49 mm | 5.2 | 10 h 57 | 65 | Strong coverage |
| November | 11.7°C | 2.8°C | 45 mm | 5.4 | 9 h 38 | 34 | Strong coverage |
| December | 5.3°C | -2°C | 46 mm | 6.9 | 8 h 59 | 5 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C18 Jan 2023 | -30.0°C8 Jan 1938 | 45 mm7 Jan 2012 | 147 mm1966 · driest 1 mm in 2020 | 126 |
| February | 25.0°C27 Feb 1995 | -24.7°C10 Feb 1929 | 44 mm23 Feb 1954 | 153 mm1954 · driest 0 mm in 1959 | 127 |
| March | 30.7°C30 Mar 1947 | -17.5°C1 Mar 1985 | 39 mm12 Mar 1973 | 98 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1990 | 128 |
| April | 34.0°C20 Apr 1899 | -7.8°C29 Apr 1918 | 54 mm15 Apr 1940 | 129 mm1951 · driest 0 mm in 1968 | 127 |
| May | 37.5°C3 May 2003 | -5.1°C1 May 1957 | 84 mm25 May 1967 | 173 mm1971 · driest 6 mm in 1958 | 126 |
| June | 39.5°C26 Jun 2007 | 5.5°C3 Jun 1918 | 67 mm21 Jun 1939 | 217 mm1948 · driest 0 mm in 2025 | 125 |
| July | 42.3°C5 Jul 2000 | 7.6°C7 Jul 1953 | 81 mm9 Jul 2010 | 185 mm2010 · driest 1 mm in 2007 | 127 |
| August | 41.4°C10 Aug 1951 | 5.0°C31 Aug 1918 | 75 mm7 Aug 2007 | 144 mm1970 · driest 2 mm in 1962 | 126 |
| September | 38.2°C9 Sep 1946 | -2.6°C29 Sep 1977 | 72 mm2 Sep 1966 | 161 mm2003 · driest 0 mm in 1961 | 127 |
| October | 36.7°C2 Oct 1952 | -7.3°C31 Oct 1993 | 81 mm1 Oct 2013 | 140 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 1969 | 126 |
| November | 30.5°C1 Nov 1926 | -16.5°C1 Nov 1920 | 51 mm26 Nov 2023 | 137 mm2023 · driest 1 mm in 1986 | 126 |
| December | 22.2°C2 Dec 1903 | -21.1°C23 Dec 1927 | 69 mm3 Dec 2012 | 149 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 1958 | 127 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Frost nights | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 17 | <1 |
| March | <1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| April | 3 | <1 | 2 | 1 |
| May | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| June | 25 | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| July | 30 | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| August | 30 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| September | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 4 | <1 | 1 | 2 |
| November | <1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 |
The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was September (scoring 90); on 2011–2025 it is May (89). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | <1% | 20% | 3% | 22% | -1.5–6.8°C |
| February | 1% | 18% | 2% | 17% | 1.2–9.6°C |
| March | 12% | 17% | 3% | 16% | 7.3–15.2°C |
| April | 38% | 20% | 4% | 22% | 15.6–21.4°C |
| May | 67% | 24% | 5% | 28% | 21.4–26.8°C |
| June | 74% | 25% | 7% | 26% | 25.7–29.8°C |
| July | 81% | 19% | 6% | 16% | 27.9–32.2°C |
| August | 86% | 13% | 4% | 9% | 27.4–32.7°C |
| September | 80% | 13% | 4% | 11% | 23.1–27.9°C |
| October | 38% | 16% | 4% | 14% | 15.7–21.7°C |
| November | 7% | 20% | 5% | 21% | 7.3–14.5°C |
| December | <1% | 21% | 4% | 22% | 1.1–8.4°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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