Burgas weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · beach resort · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Burgas is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with May and June close behind. Burgas averages about 2,238 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 26 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,238
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 87/100
- Rain / year
- 586 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈32 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Sea at warmest
- 28°C / 82°F
- Population
- 211k
- Elevation
- 40 m
When is the best time to visit Burgas?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Burgas is August, then May and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 64 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Burgas?
Burgas gets a moderate 2,238 hours of sunshine a year. 87 Sunshine Score points separate August (87) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 4 destinations in Bulgaria for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,219 hours. The year's 586 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 0° / 32°F | 64 mm | 1 | 9° / 48°F |
| February | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 1° / 34°F | 47 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| March | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 45 mm | 3 | 10° / 50°F |
| April | 57 | 16° / 61°F | 7° / 45°F | 34 mm | 4 | 14° / 57°F |
| May | 84 | 22° / 72°F | 12° / 54°F | 45 mm | 6 | 17° / 63°F |
| June | 83 | 27° / 81°F | 17° / 63°F | 49 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 83 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 47 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| August | 87 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 26 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| September | 82 | 25° / 77°F | 16° / 61°F | 52 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 73 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 68 mm | 3 | 20° / 68°F |
| November | 42 | 14° / 57°F | 6° / 43°F | 46 mm | 1 | 15° / 59°F |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 63 mm | 1 | 11° / 52°F |
Sea temperature in Burgas by month
The sea off Burgas is warmest in July at around 28°C / 82°F, and coolest in February at 8°C / 46°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 4 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Varna Bulgaria · 78 km · best in Aug · 2,248 h sun/yr
- Istanbul Türkiye · 176 km · best in Jul · 2,201 h sun/yr
- Bucharest Romania · 250 km · best in Aug · 2,214 h sun/yr
- Sofia Bulgaria · 335 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
- Craiova Romania · 351 km · best in Aug · 2,200 h sun/yr
- Brașov (Ghimbav) Romania · 383 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Çorlu Türkiye · 163 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Constanța Romania · 214 km · 2,248 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Plovdiv Bulgaria · 226 km · 2,200 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Alexandroupoli Greece · 230 km · 2,685 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Burgas compares month by month: Burgas vs Istanbul · Burgas vs Bucharest · Burgas vs Varna · all comparisons
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