Varna climate

Name: Varna
Address: BG

Varna is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.2 °C. June is the wettest month (66 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Varna averages 600 mm of rain, 76 days above 25 °C and 44 days below freezing.

Bulgaria · population 318,737 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -0.2 °C
Driest month February 37 mm
Wettest month June 66 mm
Least cloud August 29 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -18 °C
Warmest sea August 25 °C

What to expectVarna through the year

Varna has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.6 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 76 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C, 44 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 37 mm in February to 66 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Varna is warmest in August at 25 °C and coldest in February at 6.4 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.6 °C	45 mm	63 %
February	7.1 °C	37 mm	63 %
March	10.3 °C	50 mm	62 %
April	14.7 °C	48 mm	56 %
May	20.1 °C	59 mm	52 %
June	24.6 °C	66 mm	43 %
July	27.2 °C	55 mm	31 %
August	27.5 °C	40 mm	29 %
September	22.8 °C	52 mm	43 %
October	17.4 °C	52 mm	56 %
November	12.0 °C	47 mm	63 %
December	7.1 °C	48 mm	62 %

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	5.6 °C	-0.2 °C	2.6 °C	17.2 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	15
February	7.1 °C	0.5 °C	3.7 °C	19.9 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	12
March	10.3 °C	3.2 °C	6.7 °C	25.6 °C	-11.5 °C	0	0	5
April	14.7 °C	7.2 °C	10.9 °C	27.3 °C	-1.2 °C	0	0	0
May	20.1 °C	12.5 °C	16.3 °C	30.3 °C	4.8 °C	2	0	0
June	24.6 °C	17.1 °C	21.0 °C	36.1 °C	10.2 °C	13	1	0
July	27.2 °C	19.5 °C	23.4 °C	37.2 °C	13.1 °C	26	4	0
August	27.5 °C	19.7 °C	23.5 °C	35.8 °C	13.6 °C	25	5	0
September	22.8 °C	15.8 °C	19.2 °C	32.6 °C	7.4 °C	8	0	0
October	17.4 °C	11.1 °C	14.1 °C	28.1 °C	-0.1 °C	1	0	0
November	12.0 °C	6.4 °C	9.1 °C	23.5 °C	-6.5 °C	0	0	2
December	7.1 °C	1.7 °C	4.2 °C	18.5 °C	-13.1 °C	0	0	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	45 mm	7	9.3 h/day	63 %	80 %	17 km/h	7.3 °C
February	37 mm	6	11 h/day	63 %	78 %	18 km/h	6.4 °C
March	50 mm	9	12 h/day	62 %	76 %	17 km/h	7.0 °C
April	48 mm	9	13 h/day	56 %	76 %	17 km/h	9.8 °C
May	59 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	76 %	15 km/h	15.7 °C
June	66 mm	10	15 h/day	43 %	74 %	15 km/h	21.1 °C
July	55 mm	8	15 h/day	31 %	70 %	15 km/h	24.0 °C
August	40 mm	6	14 h/day	29 %	68 %	15 km/h	25.0 °C
September	52 mm	6	13 h/day	43 %	71 %	16 km/h	22.4 °C
October	52 mm	7	11 h/day	56 %	77 %	16 km/h	18.2 °C
November	47 mm	6	9.7 h/day	63 %	80 %	16 km/h	13.9 °C
December	48 mm	8	9.0 h/day	62 %	80 %	17 km/h	9.9 °C

How Varna 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
Varna	27 °C	-0.2 °C	600 mm	76
Burgas · Bulgaria	28 °C	-0.7 °C	602 mm	87
Constanţa · Romania	27 °C	-0.8 °C	519 mm	69
Bucharest · Romania	29 °C	-4.7 °C	668 mm	95
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

Where Varna ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	21st of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in August	26th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in January	28th of 50	17/100
Best beach destinations in Europe in February	30th of 50	18/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in July	30th of 50	24 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Europe in August	31st of 50	25 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Varna’s climate

When is the best time to visit Varna?

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

How hot does Varna get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 10 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 44 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Varna?

June, averaging 66 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 600 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 Varna 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: 43.219°, 27.910° (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.