According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Bulgaria is May to June and September to October. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Bulgaria
- Best months
- May to June and September to October
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Europe
What Bulgaria is best for
Visit UNESCO-listed Nessebar, Sunny Beach resorts, ancient Plovdiv, and hike the scenic Seven Rila Lakes.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Bulgaria by month
Monthly averages around Sofia; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about −2 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| February | about 0 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| March | about 4 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| April | about 9 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| May best | about 14 °C | some rain (78 mm) |
| June best | about 18 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| July | about 21 °C | some rain (66 mm) |
| August | about 21 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| September best | about 16 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| October best | about 10 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| November | about 5 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| December | about −1 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Bulgaria
- Capital
- Sofia
- Language
- Bulgarian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time
- UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
- Plugs
- Type C, F · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +359
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
Our posts about Bulgaria
Miško’s huddle has hidden a painted penguin stone in Bulgaria so far. See it on Penguinstones →