Peshtera weather in August

In August, Peshtera sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 54 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Peshtera's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peshtera's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 54 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 5:35 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Peshtera is city in Peshtera municipality, Pazardzhik oblast, Bulgaria.

Density: 207/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1479

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Peshtera reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

	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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12

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

How August really feels in Peshtera

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Peshtera weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -5°	54	8.4	6.6	9.3	0.0
Feb	5° / -4°	58	8.9	6.7	10.3	0.2
Mar	9° / -1°	79	11.5	6	11.7	1.8
Apr	14° / 3°	82	12.8	1.4	13.1	3.7
May	18° / 8°	102	14.5	0.1	14.3	5.4
Jun	22° / 11°	106	12.2	0	15	6.6
Jul	24° / 13°	87	9.2	0	14.7	7.7
Aug	24° / 13°	54	6.9	0	13.7	8.0
Sep	20° / 10°	68	7.9	0	12.3	7.0
Oct	15° / 6°	58	8.2	0.8	10.9	5.1
Nov	10° / 1°	51	7.2	2.4	9.6	2.3
Dec	4° / -3°	70	9.6	6.3	9	0.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	86	86	84	84	82	80
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	82	18
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Peshtera gets around 54 mm of rain over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 49% 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 (%)	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	39	40	41	43	44	46	47	48	50	51	52	54	54	56	57	58	59	60	61	63	64	65	68	69
Comfortable (%)	53	53	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	30	29
Humid (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	53	15
2	32	53	15
3	33	52	15
4	34	51	15
5	35	50	15
6	36	50	15
7	37	49	14
8	39	48	14
9	40	47	13
10	41	46	13
11	43	45	12
12	44	44	12
13	46	43	11
14	47	42	11
15	48	41	11
16	50	40	10
17	51	39	10
18	52	39	9
19	54	38	8
20	54	38	8
21	56	37	7
22	57	37	6
23	58	36	6
24	59	36	5
25	60	35	5
26	61	35	4
27	63	34	3
28	64	33	3
29	65	32	3
30	68	30	2
31	69	29	2

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, 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
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
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18	5	calm
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22	5	calm
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24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 18 min at the start of August to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:20 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 7:38 PM to 6:54 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)	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52
Sunset (PM)	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:15	7:14	7:12	7:11	7:09	7:07	7:06	7:04	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.3	5:20	7:38
2	14.3	5:21	7:37
3	14.2	5:22	7:36
4	14.2	5:23	7:34
5	14.2	5:24	7:33
6	14.1	5:25	7:32
7	14.1	5:26	7:31
8	14.0	5:27	7:29
9	14.0	5:28	7:28
10	14.0	5:29	7:27
11	13.9	5:30	7:25
12	13.9	5:31	7:24
13	13.8	5:32	7:23
14	13.8	5:33	7:21
15	13.8	5:34	7:20
16	13.7	5:35	7:18
17	13.7	5:37	7:17
18	13.6	5:38	7:15
19	13.6	5:39	7:14
20	13.5	5:40	7:12
21	13.5	5:41	7:11
22	13.5	5:42	7:09
23	13.4	5:43	7:07
24	13.4	5:44	7:06
25	13.3	5:45	7:04
26	13.3	5:46	7:03
27	13.2	5:47	7:01
28	13.2	5:48	6:59
29	13.1	5:49	6:58
30	13.1	5:51	6:56
31	13.0	5:52	6:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.3 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.77 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Peshtera?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Peshtera in August

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

In August, Peshtera sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Peshtera 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 Peshtera 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 1 (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	2	4	8	7	9	9	9	6	4	2	1
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	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Peshtera?

Peshtera sits at 42.0°N, 24.3°E, 440 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Pazardzhik, 19 km away.

Topography around Peshtera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peshtera has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m around an average of 583 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,841 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,775 m.

The land around Peshtera is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (60%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

622 m

trees 69%

16 km

1,841 m

trees 60%

80 km

2,775 m

trees 65%

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← July Peshtera year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Pazardzhik 19 km · Velingrad 25 km · Plovdiv 39 km · Asenovgrad 47 km · Panagyurishte 52 km · Smolyan 61 km · Rakovski 62 km · Samokov 70 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 Peshtera (42.0337°, 24.2999°, elevation 440 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	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	12
28	23	12
29	23	12
30	23	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	82	18
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	53	15
2	32	53	15
3	33	52	15
4	34	51	15
5	35	50	15
6	36	50	15
7	37	49	14
8	39	48	14
9	40	47	13
10	41	46	13
11	43	45	12
12	44	44	12
13	46	43	11
14	47	42	11
15	48	41	11
16	50	40	10
17	51	39	10
18	52	39	9
19	54	38	8
20	54	38	8
21	56	37	7
22	57	37	6
23	58	36	6
24	59	36	5
25	60	35	5
26	61	35	4
27	63	34	3
28	64	33	3
29	65	32	3
30	68	30	2
31	69	29	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	82	18
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	53	15
2	32	53	15
3	33	52	15
4	34	51	15
5	35	50	15
6	36	50	15
7	37	49	14
8	39	48	14
9	40	47	13
10	41	46	13
11	43	45	12
12	44	44	12
13	46	43	11
14	47	42	11
15	48	41	11
16	50	40	10
17	51	39	10
18	52	39	9
19	54	38	8
20	54	38	8
21	56	37	7
22	57	37	6
23	58	36	6
24	59	36	5
25	60	35	5
26	61	35	4
27	63	34	3
28	64	33	3
29	65	32	3
30	68	30	2
31	69	29	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	82	18
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	32	53	15
2	32	53	15
3	33	52	15
4	34	51	15
5	35	50	15
6	36	50	15
7	37	49	14
8	39	48	14
9	40	47	13
10	41	46	13
11	43	45	12
12	44	44	12
13	46	43	11
14	47	42	11
15	48	41	11
16	50	40	10
17	51	39	10
18	52	39	9
19	54	38	8
20	54	38	8
21	56	37	7
22	57	37	6
23	58	36	6
24	59	36	5
25	60	35	5
26	61	35	4
27	63	34	3
28	64	33	3
29	65	32	3
30	68	30	2
31	69	29	2