Burgas climate

Name: Burgas
Address: BG

Burgas is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.7 °C. October is the wettest month (63 mm) and August the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Burgas averages 602 mm of rain, 87 days above 25 °C and 54 days below freezing.

Bulgaria · population 210,646 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 28 °C
Coldest month January -0.7 °C
Driest month August 29 mm
Wettest month October 63 mm
Least cloud August 25 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -19 °C

What to expectBurgas through the year

Burgas has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.5 °C in January to 28 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 87 days a year reach 25 °C, 16 of them reach 30 °C, 54 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 29 mm in August to 63 mm in October. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.5 °C	53 mm	62 %
February	8.3 °C	47 mm	63 %
March	11.6 °C	55 mm	60 %
April	16.1 °C	45 mm	54 %
May	21.0 °C	50 mm	50 %
June	25.3 °C	51 mm	39 %
July	27.7 °C	46 mm	27 %
August	28.0 °C	29 mm	25 %
September	23.6 °C	50 mm	40 %
October	18.2 °C	63 mm	56 %
November	12.9 °C	53 mm	62 %
December	7.7 °C	60 mm	63 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.5 °C	-0.7 °C	2.7 °C	17.5 °C	-19.0 °C	0	0	17
February	8.3 °C	0.2 °C	4.0 °C	20.2 °C	-13.7 °C	0	0	13
March	11.6 °C	2.9 °C	7.2 °C	25.5 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	7
April	16.1 °C	6.9 °C	11.4 °C	28.6 °C	-6.3 °C	0	0	0
May	21.0 °C	12.1 °C	16.7 °C	30.9 °C	3.9 °C	4	0	0
June	25.3 °C	16.6 °C	21.1 °C	38.5 °C	9.5 °C	16	2	0
July	27.7 °C	18.9 °C	23.5 °C	39.1 °C	12.8 °C	27	5	0
August	28.0 °C	19.1 °C	23.5 °C	36.7 °C	12.2 °C	26	7	0
September	23.6 °C	15.2 °C	19.3 °C	33.7 °C	7.3 °C	11	1	0
October	18.2 °C	10.5 °C	14.2 °C	32.1 °C	-2.1 °C	2	0	0
November	12.9 °C	5.9 °C	9.2 °C	25.2 °C	-5.7 °C	0	0	3
December	7.7 °C	1.1 °C	4.2 °C	20.6 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	53 mm	7	9.4 h/day	62 %	80 %	19 km/h
February	47 mm	7	11 h/day	63 %	77 %	20 km/h
March	55 mm	9	12 h/day	60 %	76 %	20 km/h
April	45 mm	8	13 h/day	54 %	75 %	18 km/h
May	50 mm	9	15 h/day	50 %	76 %	17 km/h
June	51 mm	8	15 h/day	39 %	74 %	16 km/h
July	46 mm	7	15 h/day	27 %	71 %	17 km/h
August	29 mm	5	14 h/day	25 %	70 %	17 km/h
September	50 mm	6	13 h/day	40 %	72 %	18 km/h
October	63 mm	7	11 h/day	56 %	77 %	18 km/h
November	53 mm	7	9.8 h/day	62 %	80 %	18 km/h
December	60 mm	8	9.1 h/day	63 %	81 %	20 km/h

How Burgas compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Burgas	28 °C	-0.7 °C	602 mm	87
Varna · Bulgaria	27 °C	-0.2 °C	600 mm	76
Edirne · Turkey	32 °C	-0.8 °C	540 mm	122
Çorlu · Turkey	29 °C	0.8 °C	584 mm	101
Arnavutköy · Turkey	28 °C	2.7 °C	658 mm	86
Esenyurt · Turkey	27 °C	3.7 °C	635 mm	76

Where Burgas ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	40th of 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Burgas.

QuestionsCommon questions about Burgas’s climate

When is the best time to visit Burgas?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Burgas get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 16 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 54 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Burgas?

October, averaging 63 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is August with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 602 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Burgas rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 42.507°, 27.469° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.