Plovdiv weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Plovdiv is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with July and October close behind. Plovdiv averages about 2,200 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 50 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,200
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 659 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈73 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 340k
- Elevation
- 177 m
When is the best time to visit Plovdiv?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Plovdiv is September, then July and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 60 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Plovdiv?
Plovdiv gets a moderate 2,200 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate September (82) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 4 destinations in Bulgaria for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,219 hours. The year's 659 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 60 mm | 1 |
| February | 7 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 48 mm | 2 |
| March | 41 | 14° / 57°F | 3° / 37°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| April | 76 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 47 mm | 4 |
| May | 79 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| June | 79 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 71 mm | 6 |
| July | 81 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 56 mm | 7 |
| August | 77 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 35 mm | 6 |
| September | 82 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 50 mm | 5 |
| October | 81 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| November | 41 | 14° / 57°F | 4° / 39°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 64 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sofia Bulgaria · 137 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
- Burgas Bulgaria · 226 km · best in Aug · 2,238 h sun/yr
- Thessaloniki Greece · 233 km · best in Jun · 2,531 h sun/yr
- Craiova Romania · 262 km · best in Aug · 2,200 h sun/yr
- Skopje North Macedonia · 267 km · best in Sep · 2,397 h sun/yr
- Varna Bulgaria · 276 km · best in Aug · 2,248 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kavala Greece · 130 km · 2,613 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Alexandroupoli Greece · 163 km · 2,685 h sun/yr · best in May
- Limnos Greece · 241 km · 2,796 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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