Climate and average weather in Troyan

In Troyan, the summers are warm, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early June to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Troyan typically varies from -4°C to 27°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 31°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Troyan for warm-weather activities is from early June to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
May
122 mm
Driest
Nov
50 mm
Rain / yr
916 mm
126 wet days
Daylight
8.8–15.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
389 m
42.9°N
Clearest
Aug
33% cloud

Troyan is city in Troyan municipality, Lovech oblast, Bulgaria.

Density
351/km²
people per km²

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

Troyan weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Troyan, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 26 to September 21, with daily high temperatures above 21°C. The hottest month of the year in Troyan is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 3.2 months, from November 24 to March 1, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Troyan is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 4°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan4-4
Feb6-2
Mar101
Apr166
May2010
Jun2414
Jul2616
Aug2715
Sep2212
Oct167
Nov102
Dec5-2

How hot and cold Troyan really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -7°C (around January 30), with roughly 125 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34-7-4
Feb66-5-2
Mar1010-11
Apr151646
May20201010
Jun24241414
Jul26261616
Aug27271515
Sep22221212
Oct161667
Nov101012
Dec55-5-2

Average hourly temperature in Troyan

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -4°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Troyan weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°538.66.59.20.0
Feb / -2°538.7610.20.4
Mar10° / 75125.111.62.2
Apr16° / 9013.11.213.14.4
May20° / 10°12215014.45.7
Jun24° / 14°10914.2015.16.3
Jul26° / 16°10411.5014.86.8
Aug27° / 15°668.4013.87.3
Sep22° / 12°738.9012.37.1
Oct16° / 618.50.710.85.4
Nov10° / 507.82.39.52.4
Dec / -2°609.768.90.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Troyan gets about 916 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from around Feb 28 to Jul 24, peaking in June at about 52% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 3.

May is the wettest month by volume, with 122 mm over about 15 wet days; November is the driest, with 50 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 2 · 52%Nov 3 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan279
Feb329
Mar3812
Apr4413
May4915
Jun4714
Jul3712
Aug288
Sep299
Oct289
Nov278
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Troyan collects about 916 mm of rain across 126 wet days — roughly 76 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. May is the wettest month with 122 mm, while November is the driest at just 50 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec535375901221091046673615060
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan5397
Feb5396
Mar75125
Apr90131
May122150
Jun109140
Jul104120
Aug6680
Sep7390
Oct6191
Nov5082
Dec60106

Snow in Troyan

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Troyan averages about 28 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Oct 16 to Apr 24 — about 6.3 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 36 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 161 cm of snow.

02468JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 3
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan729
Feb636
Mar531
Apr19
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct13
Nov218
Dec635

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Troyan, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 5 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around October 1. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 2 and lasts for 8.1 months, ending around June 4. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 57% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 19 · 82%Nov 29 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4555
Feb4357
Mar4555
Apr4654
May4951
Jun6337
Jul7723
Aug8020
Sep6634
Oct5149
Nov4555
Dec4456

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 17, brings about 15 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around December 17, only 8 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.27:555:05
Feb10.27:285:43
Mar11.66:426:20
Apr13.15:466:56
May14.45:047:31
Jun15.14:477:56
Jul14.85:017:53
Aug13.85:327:18
Sep12.36:076:24
Oct10.86:425:30
Nov9.57:214:51
Dec8.97:524:43

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Troyan averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Jun 12 to Oct 13. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is May, down near 8 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1721 daysMay 188 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun13Mixed
Jul18Bright
Aug20Bright
Sep15Mixed
Oct12Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Troyan, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.2 months, from around June 1 to September 6. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 48% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 7 to May 31, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 14 · 100%Jul 31 · 44%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan100000
Feb100000
Mar100000
Apr99100
May752230
Jun3039265
Jul1734408
Aug2239336
Sep642960
Oct93600
Nov100000
Dec100000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Troyan is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 12 · 7 km/hAug 3 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Troyan

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Troyan throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Troyan is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Troyan for general outdoor tourist activities is from early June to early October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 29 · 7.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.4poor
Mar2.2poor
Apr4.4fair
May5.6good
Jun6.3good
Jul6.8good
Aug7.3good
Sep7.1good
Oct5.4fair
Nov2.4poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Troyan for hot-weather activities is from late June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 16 · 7.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Troyan, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 27°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 4°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Troyan sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Troyan by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Troyan peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateVery highVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Troyan

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar3.50
Apr74
May7.53
Jun8.55
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep60
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Troyan by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Troyan is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2016 µg/m³Dec 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar16Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Troyan typically lasts about 270 days, from around March 5 to November 29 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 10 to October 25.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 550%Apr 1090%Oct 2590%Nov 2950%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2531
Feb3328
Mar6231
Apr939
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct967
Nov7030
Dec3331

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Troyan banks about 1,401 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr28
May163
Jun269
Jul339
Aug339
Sep206
Oct57
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Troyan receives about 4.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.4 and 6.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 21. The brightest month is June, averaging about 6.3 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.5 kWh/m² — roughly 77% less than the June peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 276.4 kWhDec 111.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.8Dim
Feb2.6Moderate
Mar3.7Moderate
Apr5.0Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.3Intense
Jul6.3Intense
Aug5.8Bright
Sep4.3Bright
Oct2.9Moderate
Nov1.9Dim
Dec1.4Dim

Where is Troyan?

Troyan sits at 42.9°N, 24.7°E, 389 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Lovech, 26 km away.

KarlovoSevlievoGabrovoPlevenPanagyurishteKazanlakRakovski

Topography around Troyan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Troyan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m around an average of 474 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,460 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,343 m.

The land around Troyan is covered by trees (73%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
353 m
16 km
1,460 m
80 km
2,343 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Lovech 26 km · Karlovo 30 km · Sevlievo 35 km · Gabrovo 49 km · Pleven 59 km · Panagyurishte 62 km · Kazanlak 64 km · Rakovski 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
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 Troyan (42.8943°, 24.7159°, elevation 389 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).