Burgas (Sunny Beach) weather by month

The best time to visit Burgas (Sunny Beach) is July to September — 95/100 in July, 30°C and 5 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (92/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 44/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Bulgaria →

Burgas🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Balkans · Beach95
  1. 44Jan
  2. 55Feb
  3. 66Mar
  4. 73Apr
  5. 79May
  6. 87Jun
  7. 95Jul
  8. 93Aug
  9. 91Sep
  10. 76Oct
  11. 58Nov
  12. 48Dec

Best season: June to August (92/100 on average) · worst January (44/100)

Days
30°C
Nights
18°C
Wet days
5
Sun
13.3 h
Humidity
70%
Daylight
15 h
Burgas, Bulgaria
Photo: Denitsa Kireva · Pexels

Burgas, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Burgas is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan44F8°C8 d6 hQuiet1
Feb55D11°C7 d7 hQuiet1
Mar66C14°C9 d9 hShoulder1
Apr73B18°C9 d10 hShoulder1
May79B22°C9 d12 hShoulder1
Jun87A28°C10 d13 hBusy2
Jul95S30°C5 d13 hBusy4
Aug93S30°C4 d12 hBusy5
Sep91S26°C5 d11 hBusy4
Oct76B20°C6 d8 hShoulder2
Nov58D15°C8 d6 hShoulder1
Dec48F10°C9 d5 hQuiet1

What's on in Burgas through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

June
  • Beach season opens1 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)Season
  • Atanasovsko salt harvest15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)Season
July
  • Sand sculpture festival1 Jul – 30 Sep (usually)Festival
  • Burgas and the Sea25 Jul – 10 Aug (usually)Festival
August
  • Via Pontica autumn migration15 Aug – 31 Oct (usually)Nature
October
  • Coast off-season10 Oct – 15 May (usually)Season

Everything on in Burgas through the year →

Crowds in Burgas in July

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

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Good to know before you go to Burgas

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

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We ended up spending a full day and a half just lazing around Burgas, strolling the five-kilometer Sea Garden and swimming in waves that were noticeably higher than the calmer beaches further south. The Archaeological Museum was a good rainy-afternoon detour, with Thracian and Roman artifacts we hadn't expected from a beach town. Compared to smaller Bulgarian coastal towns we'd passed through, Burgas had far more English speakers and working card machines, which made day-to-day logistics easier. We picked June specifically for the quieter beaches and mild weather before the peak summer crowds arrived.
Radostina M. · Read the original ↗

Traveller notes on Burgas

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Forum posters describe January and February as Bulgaria's coldest months, cold enough that some villages can become snowed in, with roughly six weeks of genuine winter conditions before things start easing around mid-March. Posters describing winter travel to Bulgaria more broadly call it cold, gray and often described as depressing, though some visitors specifically seek out this stretch for the cold and snow itself. Posters discussing the wider Burgas Province coastal region suggest conditions here run somewhat less severe than Bulgaria's mountainous interior, given the Black Sea's moderating coastal influence, even without much January-specific detail available. Posters generally rate January as cold and quiet for Burgas, genuinely milder than inland Bulgaria but still solidly within the country's harsh winter stretch.
Tripadvisor community · January · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe July as genuinely hot, typically high-20s to mid-30sC with occasional spikes over 40C reported, and consistently name July-August as the warmest, busiest stretch of the season along this stretch of Black Sea coast. Sea temperatures stay comfortably warm (mid-20sC), and a cooling sea breeze helps offset the daytime heat. Posters note the region can see short, sharp thunderstorms earlier in late spring (May-June), but by July that risk has largely passed, replaced by consistently sunny, dry conditions. Practical advice: confirm air conditioning before booking, since not every property has it, and expect resort areas to be at their most crowded this month.
Tripadvisor community · July · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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