Climate guideThirty-year normals for Sofia
Sofia climate by month
Hot-summer humid continental · DfaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation613 mm123 wet days a year
42.70° N, 23.32° EElevation 562 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goSofia · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low18° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Sofia has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 29° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 4° and lows of -4°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 613 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (71 mm, 16 wet days) and November the driest (44 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in August to 42% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · August
- Coldest nights
- -4° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- August · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 04 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 4° | 7° | 12° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 11° | 5° |
| Average low | -4° | -2° | 1° | 6° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 15° | 11° | 7° | 2° | -2° |
| Precipitation | 40 mm | 40 mm | 45 mm | 52 mm | 71 mm | 73 mm | 57 mm | 55 mm | 46 mm | 45 mm | 44 mm | 45 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 15.8 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 7 | 9.6 |
| Cloud cover | 39% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 32% | 23% | 17% | 16% | 24% | 34% | 38% | 42% |
| Daylight | 9h 23 | 10h 33 | 11h 53 | 13h 22 | 14h 37 | 15h 18 | 15h 02 | 13h 57 | 12h 32 | 11h 06 | 9h 47 | 9h 04 |
| Month score | 31 | 32 | 39 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 65 | 80 | 78 | 43 | 30 |
ivMonth by month
Sofia in every month
January31
4° / -4°
40 mm · 9.9 wet days
February32
7° / -2°
40 mm · 9.2 wet days
March39
12° / 1°
45 mm · 10.6 wet days
April68
17° / 6°
52 mm · 10.3 wet days
May66
22° / 10°
71 mm · 15.8 wet days
June64
26° / 14°
73 mm · 14.1 wet days
July60
28° / 16°
57 mm · 11.3 wet days
August65
29° / 15°
55 mm · 8.1 wet days
September80
24° / 11°
46 mm · 8.6 wet days
October78
18° / 7°
45 mm · 8.6 wet days
November43
11° / 2°
44 mm · 7 wet days
December30
5° / -2°
45 mm · 9.6 wet days