Popovo weather in February

In February, Popovo sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 8.4 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Popovo's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Popovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 6°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: -2°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 48 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 12 min; 7:23 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.5; out of 10

Popovo is city in Popovo municipality, Targovishte oblast, Bulgaria.

Density: 393/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 8°C by the end.

A typical February day in Popovo reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 4°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	5	-3
6	5	-3
7	5	-3
8	5	-2
9	5	-2
10	5	-2
11	5	-2
12	5	-2
13	6	-2
14	6	-2
15	6	-2
16	6	-1
17	6	-1
18	6	-1
19	6	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-1
22	7	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0

How February really feels in Popovo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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

The story in February is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Popovo weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -3°	53	8.8	6.1	9.2	0.0
Feb	6° / -2°	48	8.4	5.4	10.2	0.5
Mar	10° / 2°	60	10.3	4.3	11.6	2.3
Apr	16° / 6°	64	11.1	0.9	13.2	4.7
May	21° / 11°	83	12.3	0	14.5	6.1
Jun	25° / 15°	83	11.8	0	15.2	6.7
Jul	27° / 17°	72	10	0	14.9	6.9
Aug	27° / 16°	46	6.6	0	13.8	7.4
Sep	23° / 13°	55	6.7	0	12.3	7.5
Oct	17° / 8°	54	7.3	0.4	10.8	5.7
Nov	10° / 3°	52	7.3	2.4	9.5	2.6
Dec	5° / -1°	55	9.2	5.4	8.8	0.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	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
Clearer (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	42	42	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	38	38	40	40	40	40	41	40
Cloudier (%)	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	58	58	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	62	62	60	60	60	60	59	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	40	60

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitationSnow

Popovo gets around 48 mm of rain and snow over 8.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 30% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Snow chance (%)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, 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.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of February to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:39 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:54 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
Daylight (h)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:39	7:38	7:37	7:36	7:35	7:34	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:27	7:26	7:24	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:19	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:07	7:05	7:03
Sunset (PM)	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:39	5:18
2	9.7	7:38	5:19
3	9.7	7:37	5:20
4	9.8	7:36	5:22
5	9.8	7:35	5:23
6	9.8	7:34	5:24
7	9.9	7:33	5:26
8	9.9	7:32	5:27
9	10.0	7:31	5:28
10	10.0	7:29	5:30
11	10.1	7:28	5:31
12	10.1	7:27	5:32
13	10.1	7:26	5:34
14	10.2	7:24	5:35
15	10.2	7:23	5:36
16	10.3	7:21	5:38
17	10.3	7:20	5:39
18	10.4	7:19	5:40
19	10.4	7:17	5:42
20	10.5	7:16	5:43
21	10.5	7:14	5:44
22	10.5	7:13	5:46
23	10.6	7:11	5:47
24	10.6	7:10	5:48
25	10.7	7:08	5:50
26	10.7	7:07	5:51
27	10.8	7:05	5:52
28	10.8	7:03	5:54

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 2.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in July across the year — February's 2.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.2	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.4	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.8	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	3.0	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Popovo?

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

0.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Popovo.

What to pack for Popovo in February

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

In February, Popovo sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Popovo in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Popovo peaks around July 18 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	8	6	8	9	8	6	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Popovo in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Popovo is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	13	16	14	13	14	13	11	11	11	10	9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Popovo?

Popovo sits at 43.4°N, 26.2°E, 190 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Targovishte, 30 km away.

Topography around Popovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Popovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 224 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 351 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,504 m.

The land around Popovo is covered by cropland (62%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (42%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

122 m

cropland 62%

16 km

351 m

cropland 47%

80 km

1,504 m

cropland 47%

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← January Popovo year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Targovishte 30 km · Razgrad 31 km · Gorna Oryahovitsa 50 km · Shumen 56 km · Veliko Tarnovo 57 km · Ruse 60 km · Giurgiu 64 km · Sliven 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

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 Popovo (43.35°, 26.2333°, elevation 190 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	5	-3
6	5	-3
7	5	-3
8	5	-2
9	5	-2
10	5	-2
11	5	-2
12	5	-2
13	6	-2
14	6	-2
15	6	-2
16	6	-1
17	6	-1
18	6	-1
19	6	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-1
22	7	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	40	60

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	5	-3
6	5	-3
7	5	-3
8	5	-2
9	5	-2
10	5	-2
11	5	-2
12	5	-2
13	6	-2
14	6	-2
15	6	-2
16	6	-1
17	6	-1
18	6	-1
19	6	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-1
22	7	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	40	60

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	4	-3
2	4	-3
3	4	-3
4	4	-3
5	5	-3
6	5	-3
7	5	-3
8	5	-2
9	5	-2
10	5	-2
11	5	-2
12	5	-2
13	6	-2
14	6	-2
15	6	-2
16	6	-1
17	6	-1
18	6	-1
19	6	-1
20	7	-1
21	7	-1
22	7	-1
23	7	-1
24	7	0
25	8	0
26	8	0
27	8	0
28	8	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	40	60
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	41	59
28	40	60

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100