Velingrad weather in July

In July, Velingrad sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 90 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 hours at the start of July to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Velingrad's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Velingrad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 90 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 48 min; 5:06 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

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

Density: 162/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1948

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Velingrad reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	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)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

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

How July really feels in Velingrad

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Velingrad 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -6°	57	8.6	8	9.3	0.0
Feb	4° / -5°	61	9.5	8.4	10.3	0.1
Mar	8° / -2°	82	12	8.1	11.7	1.3
Apr	13° / 2°	83	14.3	2.4	13.1	3.1
May	17° / 7°	104	16.4	0.3	14.3	4.8
Jun	21° / 10°	105	14.2	0	15	6.0
Jul	23° / 12°	90	10.8	0	14.7	7.2
Aug	23° / 12°	61	8.3	0	13.7	7.7
Sep	19° / 9°	64	8.5	0.1	12.3	6.7
Oct	15° / 5°	61	8.5	1.2	10.9	4.6
Nov	9° / 0°	56	7.7	3.1	9.6	1.9
Dec	4° / -4°	75	9.8	7.4	9	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	77	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Velingrad gets around 90 mm of rain over 10.8 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 34% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 55% 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 (%)	59	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	60	60	60	60	59	58	58	56	55	54	53	50	49	48	47	46	45	45	45
Comfortable (%)	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	36	37	37	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	47	47	47	48	48
Humid (%)	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	37	4
2	58	38	4
3	57	38	5
4	57	38	5
5	57	38	5
6	57	38	5
7	57	37	6
8	57	37	6
9	57	37	6
10	58	36	6
11	58	36	6
12	58	36	6
13	60	35	5
14	60	35	5
15	60	35	5
16	60	35	5
17	59	36	5
18	58	37	5
19	58	37	5
20	56	39	5
21	55	40	5
22	54	41	5
23	53	42	5
24	50	44	6
25	49	45	6
26	48	46	6
27	47	47	7
28	46	47	7
29	45	47	7
30	45	48	7
31	45	48	8

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, 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
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 hours at the start of July to 14 h 18 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 4:57 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 7:58 PM to 7:40 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)	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20
Sunset (PM)	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.0	4:57	7:58
2	15.0	4:57	7:58
3	15.0	4:58	7:58
4	15.0	4:58	7:58
5	15.0	4:59	7:58
6	15.0	4:59	7:57
7	15.0	5:00	7:57
8	14.9	5:00	7:57
9	14.9	5:01	7:56
10	14.9	5:02	7:56
11	14.9	5:02	7:56
12	14.9	5:03	7:55
13	14.8	5:04	7:55
14	14.8	5:05	7:54
15	14.8	5:05	7:54
16	14.8	5:06	7:53
17	14.8	5:07	7:52
18	14.7	5:08	7:52
19	14.7	5:09	7:51
20	14.7	5:10	7:50
21	14.7	5:11	7:50
22	14.6	5:11	7:49
23	14.6	5:12	7:48
24	14.6	5:13	7:47
25	14.5	5:14	7:46
26	14.5	5:15	7:45
27	14.5	5:16	7:44
28	14.4	5:17	7:43
29	14.4	5:18	7:42
30	14.4	5:19	7:41
31	14.3	5:20	7:40

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.27 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 6.27 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)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.3	Intense
15	6.3	Intense
16	6.3	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.1	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.0	Intense
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Velingrad?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Velingrad for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Velingrad in July

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

In July, Velingrad sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Velingrad in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Velingrad peaks around June 23 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)	2	3	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	3	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 Velingrad?

Velingrad sits at 42.0°N, 24.0°E, 750 m above sea level, in Bulgaria. The nearest listed city is Peshtera, 25 km away.

Topography around Velingrad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Velingrad has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 818 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,817 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,785 m.

The land around Velingrad is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

361 m

trees 46%

16 km

1,817 m

trees 85%

80 km

2,785 m

trees 67%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← June Velingrad year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Peshtera 25 km · Pazardzhik 34 km · Bansko 47 km · Samokov 50 km · Panagyurishte 55 km · Gotse Delchev 56 km · Plovdiv 64 km · Asenovgrad 72 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 Velingrad (42.0275°, 23.9916°, elevation 750 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	22	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	23	12
24	23	12
25	23	12
26	23	12
27	23	12
28	23	13
29	24	13
30	24	13
31	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	37	4
2	58	38	4
3	57	38	5
4	57	38	5
5	57	38	5
6	57	38	5
7	57	37	6
8	57	37	6
9	57	37	6
10	58	36	6
11	58	36	6
12	58	36	6
13	60	35	5
14	60	35	5
15	60	35	5
16	60	35	5
17	59	36	5
18	58	37	5
19	58	37	5
20	56	39	5
21	55	40	5
22	54	41	5
23	53	42	5
24	50	44	6
25	49	45	6
26	48	46	6
27	47	47	7
28	46	47	7
29	45	47	7
30	45	48	7
31	45	48	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	37	4
2	58	38	4
3	57	38	5
4	57	38	5
5	57	38	5
6	57	38	5
7	57	37	6
8	57	37	6
9	57	37	6
10	58	36	6
11	58	36	6
12	58	36	6
13	60	35	5
14	60	35	5
15	60	35	5
16	60	35	5
17	59	36	5
18	58	37	5
19	58	37	5
20	56	39	5
21	55	40	5
22	54	41	5
23	53	42	5
24	50	44	6
25	49	45	6
26	48	46	6
27	47	47	7
28	46	47	7
29	45	47	7
30	45	48	7
31	45	48	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	78	22
3	78	22
4	79	21
5	80	20
6	80	20
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	83	17
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	83	17
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	40
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	38
7	38
8	37
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	34
14	33
15	32
16	32
17	31
18	31
19	31
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	32
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	37	4
2	58	38	4
3	57	38	5
4	57	38	5
5	57	38	5
6	57	38	5
7	57	37	6
8	57	37	6
9	57	37	6
10	58	36	6
11	58	36	6
12	58	36	6
13	60	35	5
14	60	35	5
15	60	35	5
16	60	35	5
17	59	36	5
18	58	37	5
19	58	37	5
20	56	39	5
21	55	40	5
22	54	41	5
23	53	42	5
24	50	44	6
25	49	45	6
26	48	46	6
27	47	47	7
28	46	47	7
29	45	47	7
30	45	48	7
31	45	48	8