Climate · Sofia

Sofia in October

Mild and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Sofia is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Sofia is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 59 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 24% of days
Daylight
10h 55mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in October, against 42°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in October, against 6°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

46% cover in October, against 21% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

10h 55m in October, against 9h 05m to 15h 16m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September75°24°low 54°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October66°19°low 46°low 8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November56°13°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sofia sits, in October

Europe/Sofia

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
7:38 AMsets 6:46 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 October, 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.