Climate Sofia Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sofia Airport (LBSF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	55.4	72	54	75	68	60
February	72.0	87	85	81	75	82
March	80.0	83	88	85	71	71
April	89.8		90	91	81	91
May	92.1		86	95	94	96
June	91.7		88	93	93	94
July	95.6		98	98	99	94
August	96.0		99	94	97	96
September	94.4		94	91	96	95
October	84.7		98	93	65	83
November	61.5		80	64	62	59
December	51.3		58	46	60	36
Average	82.4	80.5	86.4	86.8	82.3	82.4

7th best VFR conditions of Bulgaria

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	79.1	88	87	97	87	79
February	88.9	96	96	91	87	93
March	94.9	95	98	96	88	95
April	98.3		100	99	95	98
May	98.3		98	97	99	100
June	97.9		98	98	96	99
July	99.1		100	100	100	98
August	99.1		100	99	99	99
September	98.2		98	96	99	98
October	95.3		99	99	90	91
November	85.1		92	87	87	79
December	80.0		88	91	87	74
Average	93.7	92.8	96.5	96.3	93.6	93.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.0	5	7	4	5	5
February	8.8	13	9	8	10	9
March	12.1	14	13	8	9	12
April	16.6		14	16	14	16
May	21.5		19	24	22	21
June	25.6		25	26	26	24
July	28.7		31	29	31	27
August	29.4		30	28	31	28
September	24.6		26	23	23	26
October	19.1		23	19	14	19
November	11.7		12	13	12	10
December	6.1		8	8	6	7
Average	16.5	10.5	18.0	17.5	16.7	17.0

8th highest temperature of Bulgaria

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-5.4	-4	0	-5	-3	-5
February	-3.8	1	-3	-2	-3	-2
March	0.3	3	1	-4	-2	1
April	4.2		4	4	3	2
May	9.2		9	8	9	10
June	13.7		14	14	13	13
July	15.3		16	14	16	15
August	15.3		16	15	15	15
September	11.0		13	10	10	12
October	5.6		7	5	4	7
November	2.1		2	3	2	0
December	-2.8		-1	1	-2	1
Average	5.0	-1.6	6.3	5.3	5.3	5.7

1st lowest temperature of Bulgaria

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.7	11	15	12	23	7
February	11.0	6	7	13	9	11
March	15.7	14	13	14	25	19
April	11.2		12	12	16	13
May	8.0		14	3	7	12
June	9.0		12	9	7	11
July	3.7		1	3	1	5
August	2.3		3	5	3	3
September	4.9		4	7	4	6
October	6.5		2	2	20	8
November	11.5		25	8	7	3
December	16.0		16	12	16	11
Average	9.4	10.3	9.7	7.9	10.9	9.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.8	7	8	8	8	6
February	6.6	6	8	7	6	7
March	7.0	7	7	6	7	7
April	6.9		8	6	7	6
May	7.1		7	7	8	8
June	5.8		6	5	5	7
July	6.2		6	6	7	7
August	5.8		6	6	6	6
September	6.0		6	5	6	6
October	5.4		5	5	7	6
November	5.9		7	5	7	4
December	6.2		5	6	8	5
Average	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.0	6.6	6.3

8th highest wind speed of Bulgaria

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	281°	210°	294°	282°	289°
February	271°	284°	287°	264°	290°
March	199°	274°	341°	295°	288°
April		289°	316°	277°	085°
May		103°	080°	274°	296°
June		126°	338°	303°	293°
July		290°	318°	023°	004°
August		064°	349°	313°	080°
September		067°	302°	321°	037°
October		264°	289°	115°	286°
November		280°	147°	147°	280°
December		278°	100°	277°	120°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.