Lom weather in August

In August, Lom sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 29 mm of rain across 4.8 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 30 min at the start of August to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lom's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
4.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:36 AM – 7:26 PM
Cloud cover
31%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Lom is city in Lom municipality, Montana oblast, Bulgaria.

Density
356/km²
people per km²

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 33°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Lom reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 6°C warmer than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 21 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
21
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lom weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°4074.49.10.0
Feb / -1°367.23.210.21.1
Mar14° / 477.71.811.64.1
Apr20° / 508.30.113.26.4
May25° / 14°519.4014.57.0
Jun30° / 18°488.8015.25.6
Jul32° / 19°456.6014.94.6
Aug32° / 19°294.8013.84.8
Sep26° / 15°415.7012.37.3
Oct19° / 426.6010.86.6
Nov11° / 406.91.29.53.1
Dec / -1°447.83.38.80.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17822
27921
37921
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58119
68119
78119
88317
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lom gets around 29 mm of rain over 4.8 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
222
321
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520
619
719
818
918
1017
1117
1216
1315
1415
1514
1614
1714
1813
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2013
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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 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
115303519
215313519
315313519
415323419
516333318
616333317
717343217
818353116
919363015
1020362914
1121372814
1221382813
1322392712
1423392611
1524402610
1624412510
172541249
182642248
192742238
202842237
212942236
223042226
233241225
243341215
253540214
263640204
273839194
284039183
294238173
304537163
314736152

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 30 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 84 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 7:47 PM to 7:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.55:197:47
214.45:207:46
314.45:227:44
414.35:237:43
514.35:247:42
614.35:257:41
714.25:267:39
814.25:277:38
914.15:287:36
1014.15:297:35
1114.05:317:34
1214.05:327:32
1314.05:337:31
1413.95:347:29
1513.95:357:28
1613.85:367:26
1713.85:377:24
1813.75:397:23
1913.75:407:21
2013.65:417:20
2113.65:427:18
2213.55:437:16
2313.55:447:14
2413.55:467:13
2513.45:477:11
2613.45:487:09
2713.35:497:08
2813.35:507:06
2913.25:517:04
3013.25:537:02
3113.15:547:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
65.9Bright
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215.6Bright
225.6Bright
235.5Bright
245.5Bright
255.4Bright
265.4Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lom?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Lom for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lom in August

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

In August, Lom sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lom in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lom peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lom?

Lom sits at 43.8°N, 23.2°E, 37 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Băileşti, 22 km away.

CalafatVidinMontanaBerkovitsaCraiovaNegotinVratsa

Topography around Lom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lom has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m around an average of 51 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,120 m.

The land around Lom is covered by trees (33%) and water (20%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
167 m
16 km
168 m
80 km
2,120 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Băileşti 22 km · Calafat 30 km · Vidin 34 km · Montana 47 km · Berkovitsa 67 km · Craiova 70 km · Negotin 72 km · Vratsa 74 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 Lom (43.8317°, 23.2379°, elevation 37 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).