Bansko weather in July

In July, Bansko sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 94 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of July to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bansko's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bansko's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 94 mm; 11.8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 5:09 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Bansko is city in Bansko municipality, Blagoevgrad oblast, Bulgaria.

Density: 62/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bansko reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

How July really feels in Bansko

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bansko weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	1° / -7°	75	9.3	8.5	9.3	0.0
Feb	3° / -6°	72	9.2	8	10.3	0.0
Mar	7° / -3°	92	12.6	7.9	11.7	0.8
Apr	12° / 1°	97	15.8	3	13.1	2.5
May	17° / 6°	123	18.1	0.2	14.3	4.3
Jun	21° / 9°	113	16.5	0	15	5.6
Jul	23° / 11°	94	11.8	0	14.7	6.9
Aug	23° / 11°	78	10.9	0	13.7	7.1
Sep	19° / 8°	70	10.1	0	12.3	6.2
Oct	14° / 3°	71	8.7	0.9	10.9	4.3
Nov	8° / -1°	77	8.3	2.8	9.6	1.6
Dec	3° / -5°	94	10.1	7.1	9	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81
Cloudier (%)	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bansko gets around 94 mm of rain over 11.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	44
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	38
29	39
30	39
31	40

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 78% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	74	73	72	71	70	69	68
Comfortable (%)	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	30	31
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	80	20	0
3	80	20	0
4	80	20	0
5	80	20	0
6	80	20	0
7	80	20	0
8	80	20	0
9	80	20	0
10	81	19	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	82	18	0
14	82	18	0
15	82	18	0
16	82	18	0
17	82	18	0
18	82	18	0
19	81	19	0
20	80	20	0
21	79	21	0
22	78	22	0
23	77	23	0
24	76	24	0
25	74	26	0
26	73	27	0
27	72	28	0
28	71	29	0
29	70	30	0
30	69	30	1
31	68	31	1

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of July to 14 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 7:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23
Sunset (PM)	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.0	4:59	8:00
2	15.0	5:00	7:59
3	15.0	5:00	7:59
4	15.0	5:01	7:59
5	15.0	5:01	7:59
6	14.9	5:02	7:59
7	14.9	5:02	7:58
8	14.9	5:03	7:58
9	14.9	5:04	7:58
10	14.9	5:04	7:57
11	14.9	5:05	7:57
12	14.8	5:06	7:57
13	14.8	5:07	7:56
14	14.8	5:07	7:56
15	14.8	5:08	7:55
16	14.8	5:09	7:54
17	14.7	5:10	7:54
18	14.7	5:10	7:53
19	14.7	5:11	7:53
20	14.7	5:12	7:52
21	14.6	5:13	7:51
22	14.6	5:14	7:50
23	14.6	5:15	7:49
24	14.5	5:16	7:49
25	14.5	5:17	7:48
26	14.5	5:18	7:47
27	14.5	5:19	7:46
28	14.4	5:20	7:45
29	14.4	5:21	7:44
30	14.4	5:22	7:43
31	14.3	5:23	7:42

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.37 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.76 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 6.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.4	Intense
15	6.4	Intense
16	6.4	Intense
17	6.4	Intense
18	6.4	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.0	Intense
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bansko?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bansko for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bansko in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Bansko sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Bansko in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bansko peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	8	7	10	9	9	6	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bansko?

Bansko sits at 41.8°N, 23.5°E, 0 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Sandanski, 34 km away.

Topography around Bansko

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bansko.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bansko has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m around an average of 947 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,226 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,870 m.

The land around Bansko is covered by grassland (42%), trees (24%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (68%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

456 m

grassland 42%

16 km

2,226 m

trees 68%

80 km

2,870 m

trees 69%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← June Bansko year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Sandanski 34 km · Gotse Delchev 36 km · Blagoevgrad 38 km · Velingrad 47 km · Petrich 54 km · Samokov 56 km · Dupnitsa 57 km · Delcevo 61 km

Bulgaria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 23% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $20,328; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 96%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 9.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 594
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bansko (41.8361°, 23.4874°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	44
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	38
29	39
30	39
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	80	20	0
3	80	20	0
4	80	20	0
5	80	20	0
6	80	20	0
7	80	20	0
8	80	20	0
9	80	20	0
10	81	19	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	82	18	0
14	82	18	0
15	82	18	0
16	82	18	0
17	82	18	0
18	82	18	0
19	81	19	0
20	80	20	0
21	79	21	0
22	78	22	0
23	77	23	0
24	76	24	0
25	74	26	0
26	73	27	0
27	72	28	0
28	71	29	0
29	70	30	0
30	69	30	1
31	68	31	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	44
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	38
29	39
30	39
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	80	20	0
3	80	20	0
4	80	20	0
5	80	20	0
6	80	20	0
7	80	20	0
8	80	20	0
9	80	20	0
10	81	19	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	82	18	0
14	82	18	0
15	82	18	0
16	82	18	0
17	82	18	0
18	82	18	0
19	81	19	0
20	80	20	0
21	79	21	0
22	78	22	0
23	77	23	0
24	76	24	0
25	74	26	0
26	73	27	0
27	72	28	0
28	71	29	0
29	70	30	0
30	69	30	1
31	68	31	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	10
2	23	10
3	23	10
4	23	10
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	23	11
20	23	11
21	23	11
22	23	11
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	24	11
26	24	11
27	24	11
28	24	11
29	24	11
30	24	11
31	24	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	77	23
3	77	23
4	78	22
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	79	21
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	81	19
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	45
3	44
4	44
5	43
6	42
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	38
29	39
30	39
31	40

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	81	19	0
2	80	20	0
3	80	20	0
4	80	20	0
5	80	20	0
6	80	20	0
7	80	20	0
8	80	20	0
9	80	20	0
10	81	19	0
11	81	19	0
12	81	19	0
13	82	18	0
14	82	18	0
15	82	18	0
16	82	18	0
17	82	18	0
18	82	18	0
19	81	19	0
20	80	20	0
21	79	21	0
22	78	22	0
23	77	23	0
24	76	24	0
25	74	26	0
26	73	27	0
27	72	28	0
28	71	29	0
29	70	30	0
30	69	30	1
31	68	31	1