Nessebar weather in July

In July, Nessebar sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 39 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 06 min at the start of July to 14 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nessebar's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nessebar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
39 mm
6.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:49 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
30%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.6
out of 10

Nessebar is city in Nesebar municipality, Burgas oblast, Bulgaria.

Density
419/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 27°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nessebar reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Nessebar

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.

Nessebar weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 557.82.79.20.5
Feb / 477.52.610.31.0
Mar10° / 5391.111.62.4
Apr14° / 438.10.113.14.3
May19° / 13°448.4014.46.6
Jun24° / 18°467.4015.17.6
Jul27° / 20°396.5014.87.6
Aug27° / 20°314.6013.77.9
Sep23° / 17°626.7012.37.6
Oct18° / 12°627.5010.85.9
Nov12° / 496.90.49.63.6
Dec / 619.32.48.91.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Nessebar gets around 39 mm of rain over 6.5 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 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 51% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
131540375
231540376
331540376
431539386
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 06 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 42 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:39 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 7:45 PM to 7:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.14:397:45
215.14:407:45
315.14:407:45
415.14:417:45
515.14:417:45
615.04:427:45
715.04:437:44
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1015.04:457:43
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1214.94:467:42
1314.94:477:42
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1514.94:497:41
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1914.84:527:38
2014.74:537:37
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3014.45:027:28
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.39 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.6Intense
286.6Intense
296.6Intense
306.5Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Nessebar?

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

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

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

What to pack for Nessebar in July

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

In July, Nessebar sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 7 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Nessebar in July

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 25°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 10 to Oct 5 — about 3.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul24Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep23Refreshing
Oct19Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Nessebar 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 Nessebar peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Nessebar in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nessebar is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1915 µg/m³Dec 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May12Good
Jun11Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nessebar?

Nessebar sits at 42.7°N, 27.7°E, 0 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Burgas, 28 km away.

AytosAsparuhovoKarnobatVarnaShumenDobrichYambol

Topography around Nessebar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nessebar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 809 m.

The land around Nessebar is covered by water (84%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), water (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
474 m
80 km
809 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Burgas 28 km · Aytos 40 km · Asparuhovo 59 km · Karnobat 62 km · Varna 64 km · Shumen 95 km · Dobrich 101 km · Yambol 103 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 Nessebar (42.6592°, 27.736°, 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).