Pleven weather in August

In August, Pleven sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 46 mm of rain across 6.5 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Pleven's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pleven's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
6.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:32 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover
31%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Pleven is city in Pleven municipality, Pleven oblast, Bulgaria.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 36.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,060/km²
people per km²
Founded
~5 BCE

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 31°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical August day in Pleven reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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43119
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How August really feels in Pleven

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.

Pleven weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°396.84.59.10.0
Feb / -1°376.93.510.20.9
Mar13° / 528.92.411.63.6
Apr19° / 579.30.313.26.0
May24° / 13°7811.1014.56.8
Jun28° / 17°8011.5015.26.0
Jul30° / 19°719.6014.95.3
Aug30° / 18°466.5013.85.6
Sep25° / 14°476.4012.37.5
Oct19° / 456.90.210.86.4
Nov11° / 376.61.59.53.0
Dec / -2°427.53.48.80.2

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 (%)
18020
28020
38020
48119
58119
68119
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pleven gets around 46 mm of rain over 6.5 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 22% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
227
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426
526
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724
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
172339282
272439282
372439272
472539272
572639262
672739252
782738242
882838232
992938222
1093038211
11103138201
12103238191
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16123539140
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2726363160
2829362960
2931362750
3033362550
3135362350

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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59calm
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119calm
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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 5:15 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 6:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:157:40
214.45:167:39
314.35:177:38
414.35:187:37
514.35:197:35
614.25:207:34
714.25:217:33
814.15:237:31
914.15:247:30
1014.15:257:29
1114.05:267:27
1214.05:277:26
1313.95:287:24
1413.95:297:23
1513.85:307:21
1613.85:327:20
1713.85:337:18
1813.75:347:16
1913.75:357:15
2013.65:367:13
2113.65:377:12
2213.55:387:10
2313.55:407:08
2413.45:417:07
2513.45:427:05
2613.35:437:03
2713.35:447:01
2813.25:457:00
2913.25:466:58
3013.15:486:56
3113.15:496:54

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 1.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Bright
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95.9Bright
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275.4Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Pleven?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pleven in August

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

In August, Pleven sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pleven in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pleven peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highModerateLowJul 16UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Pleven 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 Pleven is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2115 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pleven?

Pleven sits at 43.4°N, 24.6°E, 89 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Lovech, 33 km away.

LovechCorabiaTurnu MăgureleTroyanSevlievoSvishtovZimniceaCaracal

Topography around Pleven

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pleven has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 326 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,302 m.

The land around Pleven is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
161 m
16 km
326 m
80 km
2,302 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Lovech 33 km · Corabia 41 km · Turnu Măgurele 42 km · Troyan 59 km · Sevlievo 59 km · Svishtov 63 km · Zimnicea 66 km · Caracal 81 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 Pleven (43.4179°, 24.6167°, elevation 89 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).