Ruse weather in July

In July, Ruse sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 64 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ruse's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ruse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
12th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
15 hours
4:53 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
36%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

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

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.1 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
953/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 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ruse reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°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 Ruse

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.

Ruse weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°447.14.69.10.0
Feb / -1°3973.610.20.6
Mar12° / 508.82.311.63.1
Apr17° / 559.60.413.25.6
May23° / 13°6510.8014.56.7
Jun27° / 17°7910.7015.26.5
Jul29° / 18°648.4014.95.9
Aug29° / 18°485.9013.86.2
Sep24° / 14°556.1012.37.6
Oct18° / 516.90.210.86.1
Nov11° / 486.91.69.52.9
Dec / -1°477.73.48.80.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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

Ruse gets around 64 mm of rain over 8.4 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 27% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
132
231
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530
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729
829
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1228
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1113040190
2113040200
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Wind in July

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

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 12 min at the start of July to 14 h 30 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 4:42 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.24:427:57
215.24:437:57
315.24:437:56
415.24:447:56
515.24:457:56
615.24:457:56
715.24:467:55
815.14:467:55
915.14:477:55
1015.14:487:54
1115.14:497:54
1215.14:497:53
1315.04:507:53
1415.04:517:52
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1615.04:537:51
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2714.65:037:42
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2914.65:057:39
3014.55:067:38
3114.55:077:37

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.31 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Ruse?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ruse in July

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

In July, Ruse sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ruse in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ruse peaks around July 19 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 highHighModerateLowJul 19UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Ruse 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 Ruse is worst in March — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Ruse's WHO annual average of 20.1 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1925 µg/m³Dec 1216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ruse?

Ruse sits at 43.8°N, 26.0°E, 39 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Giurgiu, 4.0 km away.

AlexandriaZimniceaSvishtovRazgradPopovoSector 4Olteniţa

Topography around Ruse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ruse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m.

The land around Ruse is covered by trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
143 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
520 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Giurgiu 4.0 km · Alexandria 52 km · Zimnicea 52 km · Svishtov 55 km · Razgrad 57 km · Popovo 60 km · Sector 4 60 km · Olteniţa 60 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 Ruse (43.8487°, 25.9534°, elevation 39 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).