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Sofia in February

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Sofia is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Sofia is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 53 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
10h 28mon average

Is February a good time to visit Sofia?

February sits outside Sofia's best months, which run from September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 45°F in February, against 42°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in February, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in February, against 24% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in February, against 21% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

10h 28m in February, against 9h 05m to 15h 16m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January42°6°low 24°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. February45°7°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. March52°11°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Sofia sits, in February

Europe/Sofia
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
7:25 AMsets 5:57 PM
Above the sea
550 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Sofia, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Sofia is our one place in Bulgaria so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Sofia

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sofia. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (550 m) against the climate model's (677 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (550 m) against the climate model's (677 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.