Gorna Oryahovitsa weather in July

In July, Gorna Oryahovitsa sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 65 mm of rain across 8.6 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gorna Oryahovitsa's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gorna Oryahovitsa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
8.6 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:56 AM – 7:50 PM
Cloud cover
36%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Gorna Oryahovitsa is city in Gorna Oryahovitsa municipality, Veliko Tarnovo oblast, Bulgaria.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 35.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,554/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gorna Oryahovitsa reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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32817
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How July really feels in Gorna Oryahovitsa

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Gorna Oryahovitsa weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°498.45.59.20.0
Feb / -1°457.94.610.20.9
Mar12° / 569.33.211.63.1
Apr17° / 569.70.513.15.5
May22° / 12°7111.3014.46.6
Jun26° / 16°7011.2015.16.6
Jul29° / 17°658.6014.96.2
Aug29° / 17°385.8013.86.4
Sep24° / 13°516.3012.37.7
Oct18° / 506.90.310.86.2
Nov11° / 497.31.89.53.1
Dec / -1°528.74.78.90.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gorna Oryahovitsa gets around 65 mm of rain over 8.6 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 27% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
332
432
531
631
730
829
929
1028
1128
1227
1327
1426
1526
1626
1726
1826
1926
2026
2126
2226
2326
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3125

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1152940160
2152840170
3152840170
4152840170
5152840170
6152840180
7152740180
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2373240210
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2752944211
2842944211
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3142746212

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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128calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:46 AM to 5:10 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:467:55
215.14:467:55
315.14:477:55
415.14:477:55
515.14:487:54
615.14:497:54
715.14:497:54
815.14:507:54
915.04:517:53
1015.04:517:53
1115.04:527:52
1215.04:537:52
1315.04:547:51
1414.94:547:51
1514.94:557:50
1614.94:567:50
1714.94:577:49
1814.84:587:48
1914.84:597:48
2014.84:597:47
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2214.75:017:45
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2514.65:047:42
2614.65:057:42
2714.65:067:41
2814.55:077:40
2914.55:087:38
3014.55:097:37
3114.45:107:36

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.28 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
26.4Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.3Intense
66.3Intense
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236.3Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Gorna Oryahovitsa?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gorna Oryahovitsa for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gorna Oryahovitsa in July

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

In July, Gorna Oryahovitsa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Gorna Oryahovitsa 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 Gorna Oryahovitsa peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gorna Oryahovitsa?

Gorna Oryahovitsa sits at 43.1°N, 25.7°E, 218 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Veliko Tarnovo, 8.0 km away.

GabrovoPopovoSevlievoSvishtovKazanlakZimniceaSliven

Topography around Gorna Oryahovitsa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gorna Oryahovitsa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m around an average of 160 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,352 m.

The land around Gorna Oryahovitsa is covered by trees (34%), cropland (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
341 m
16 km
415 m
80 km
2,352 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Veliko Tarnovo 8.0 km · Gabrovo 42 km · Popovo 50 km · Sevlievo 50 km · Svishtov 62 km · Kazanlak 62 km · Zimnicea 65 km · Sliven 71 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
Christian 65%Muslim 10%none 5%other 0%

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 Gorna Oryahovitsa (43.1278°, 25.7017°, elevation 218 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).