Karlovo weather in August

In August, Karlovo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 75 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Karlovo's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karlovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:32 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
35%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Karlovo is city in Karlovo municipality, Plovdiv oblast, Bulgaria.

Density
297/km²
people per km²
Founded
1483

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Karlovo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Karlovo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Karlovo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°498.16.29.20.0
Feb / -3°5196.310.30.2
Mar / 7512.65.311.61.8
Apr15° / 9314.21.413.13.9
May19° / 13716.90.114.45.2
Jun23° / 13°13216.5015.15.9
Jul25° / 15°11913.5014.86.6
Aug26° / 15°7510013.77.2
Sep21° / 11°769.5012.36.8
Oct16° / 638.80.610.85.0
Nov / 507.82.69.62.1
Dec / -3°599.86.28.90.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

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

Any precipitation

Karlovo gets around 75 mm of rain over 10 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 33% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1739486
2739476
3840467
4840457
5940447
6941437
71041427
81142407
91243396
101343376
111444366
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172147283
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294141171
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:167:37
214.35:177:36
314.35:187:35
414.25:197:34
514.25:207:33
614.25:227:31
714.15:237:30
814.15:247:29
914.05:257:27
1014.05:267:26
1114.05:277:25
1213.95:287:23
1313.95:297:22
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1613.85:327:17
1713.75:337:16
1813.75:357:14
1913.65:367:13
2013.65:377:11
2113.55:387:10
2213.55:397:08
2313.45:407:06
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2513.35:427:03
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2713.35:457:00
2813.25:466:58
2913.25:476:56
3013.15:486:54
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Karlovo?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Karlovo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Karlovo in August

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

In August, Karlovo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Karlovo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Karlovo peaks around July 15 at about 9 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Karlovo in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Karlovo is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2016 µg/m³Dec 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Karlovo?

Karlovo sits at 42.6°N, 24.8°E, 406 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Troyan, 30 km away.

TroyanRakovskiKazanlakSevlievoGabrovoPanagyurishtePlovdivLovech

Topography around Karlovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karlovo has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m around an average of 455 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,119 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,305 m.

The land around Karlovo is covered by cropland (40%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
657 m
16 km
2,119 m
80 km
2,305 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Troyan 30 km · Rakovski 41 km · Kazanlak 49 km · Sevlievo 50 km · Gabrovo 50 km · Panagyurishte 52 km · Plovdiv 53 km · Lovech 56 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 Karlovo (42.6333°, 24.8°, elevation 406 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).