Varna weather by month
The best time to visit Varna is July to September — 95/100 in August, 30°C and 5 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (91/100 on average).
The worst month is January at 45/100 — cold, a little rain, clean air. See January →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: June to August (91/100 on average) · worst January (45/100)
- Days
- 30°C
- Nights
- 19°C
- Wet days
- 5
- Sun
- 12.2 h
- Humidity
- 66%
- Daylight
- 14 h
Varna, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Varna 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.
What's on in Varna through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Varna in August
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.
Peak crowdsBeach and sea season, Varna City Day, school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Varna
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
practical
Varna Beach is only about a fifteen-minute walk from the center, which meant we could spend a morning in the old town and still be on the sand by early afternoon without any real planning. The three-kilometer stretch of golden sand stayed easy to navigate even in peak season, with enough bars and kiosks along the back that we never had to leave for food or drinks. We visited in late September specifically to dodge the summer crowds and still got warm swimming weather. Cash came in handy at the smaller beach kiosks even though most restaurants downtown took cards without issue.
Traveller notes on Varna
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, with snow possible enough that some villages can become snowed in, though posters note snow mostly falls in December and January, with conditions starting to warm up noticeably after late February. Posters describe Varna specifically as functioning normally as a big city year-round, but considerably quieter in winter than during its summer and spring peak, since it's primarily a warm-season destination - some posters describe the off-season atmosphere as a bit mundane by comparison. Posters consistently recommend checking wind and weather before packing given the Black Sea coast's exposure. Posters generally rate February as cold and quiet for Varna, workable for a visit focused on the city itself rather than the beach season the destination is known for.
Forum posters call July and August the hottest months in Varna, with daytime temperatures easily topping 30C and evenings settling into the low-to-mid 20sC. The Black Sea itself stays pleasantly warm without getting uncomfortably hot, with posters reporting sea temperatures around 25-27C even as August wears on. A sea breeze is repeatedly credited with making the heat feel more comfortable than the raw temperature numbers suggest, and while brief summer thunderstorms are a real possibility, posters describe them as passing quickly (an hour or two) rather than disrupting a full day. Overall verdict from multiple posters who've visited in late August: hot, but comfortable, with reliably nice beach weather.
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