Climate · Sofia

Sofia in July

Warm and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Sofia is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Sofia is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 32 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
14h 57mon average

Is July a good time to visit Sofia?


A good month, just outside Sofia's best months, which run from September.

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 July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in July, against 42°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in July, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in July, against 24% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

14h 57m in July, against 9h 05m to 15h 16m through the year.

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

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  1. June78°26°low 57°low 14°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. July82°28°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. August83°28°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sofia sits, in July

Europe/Sofia

this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:01 AMsets 9:04 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 July, 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.

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.