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Varna in January

ok · worth considering · the coolest month of the year

The year in Varna

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  1. Varna in January: ok
  2. Varna in February: ok
  3. Varna in March: good
  4. Varna in April: good
  5. Varna in May: sweet spot
  6. Varna in June: sweet spot, busy
  7. Varna in July: sweet spot, busy
  8. Varna in August: sweet spot, busy
  9. Varna in September: sweet spot, busy
  10. Varna in October: sweet spot
  11. Varna in November: ok
  12. Varna in December: ok
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
January at Varna is 7°C by day and 1°C at night, with 6 rainy days and about 6 hours of sun a day. 7C max, 6 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high7°C
Nightly low1°C
Feels like, afternoon4°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more6 · 54 mm
Humidity78%
Sunshine5.7 h/day
Daylight9.4 h/day
Beach and sea0 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 8 °C, cold, under 15 °C
Crowds80 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at the centre and the beaches, 7 km from the airport (VAR): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

January: quiet. Busiest from June to September; quietest from November to April.

Public holidays in January

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Varna in pictures

What to pack

  • A proper coat, hat and gloves: nights average 1°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 6 or so rainy days.
  • Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C and F plugs at 230 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Euro. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Bulgaria: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Varna: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

January elsewhere

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