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Forecasts for Cities—Bulgaria

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  tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather
Sofia 8 / 14 Mostly cloudy with rain 8 / 19 Mostly sunny 8 / 20 Variable clouds 10 / 20 Variable clouds
Sofia district 8 / 14 Mostly cloudy 8 / 19 Variable clouds 7 / 21 Variable clouds 8 / 21 Variable clouds, possible rain
Vidin 12 / 16 Mostly cloudy with rain 11 / 20 Mostly sunny 11 / 22 Variable clouds 13 / 24 Variable clouds
Vratsa 10 / 15 Mostly cloudy with rain 9 / 19 Variable clouds, possible rain 8 / 21 Variable clouds 11 / 22 Variable clouds, possible rain
Montana 11 / 15 Mostly cloudy with rain 10 / 20 Mostly sunny 9 / 21 Variable clouds 12 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain
Pleven 10 / 18 Mostly cloudy with rain 10 / 21 Mostly sunny 11 / 22 Variable clouds 12 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain
Veliko Tarnovo 12 / 19 Mostly cloudy with rain 10 / 20 Variable clouds 10 / 22 Variable clouds 12 / 22 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Russe 13 / 17 Thunder & rain 11 / 21 Mostly sunny 12 / 23 Variable clouds 13 / 23 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Shumen 13 / 17 Thunder & rain 9 / 20 Mostly sunny 10 / 22 Variable clouds 12 / 20 Short rain
Silistra 13 / 16 Thunder & rain 10 / 21 Mostly sunny 12 / 23 Variable clouds 14 / 21 Short rain
Varna 13 / 17 Thunder & rain 12 / 22 Mostly sunny 13 / 23 Variable clouds 14 / 21 Thunder & rain
Bourgas 14 / 20 Mostly cloudy with rain 12 / 22 Mostly sunny 11 / 24 Variable clouds 14 / 23 Thunder & rain
Sliven 13 / 20 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder 10 / 21 Mostly sunny 10 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain 12 / 22 Variable clouds, possible rain
Stara Zagora 9 / 21 Mostly cloudy with rain 10 / 20 Mostly sunny 10 / 22 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder 12 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain
Plovdiv 10 / 22 Mostly cloudy with rain 11 / 24 Mostly sunny 14 / 24 Thunder & rain 14 / 24 Variable clouds, possible rain
Kardzhali 9 / 20 Mostly cloudy with rain 12 / 24 Mostly sunny 11 / 21 Thunder & rain 11 / 21 Variable clouds, possible rain
Blagoevgrad 7 / 17 Mostly cloudy 9 / 20 Mostly sunny 8 / 21 Variable clouds, possible rain 10 / 22 Variable clouds
Sandanski 7 / 19 Mostly cloudy 10 / 22 Mostly sunny 11 / 23 Variable clouds 13 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain

Forecast for the Sea Resorts

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[°C] 		Water t
[°C]		 Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather
Shabla 14 / 1513 Thunder & rain 12 / 22 Mostly sunny 14 / 21 Variable clouds
Kaliakra 14 / 1613 Thunder & rain 13 / 21 Mostly sunny 16 / 21 Variable clouds
Varna 13 / 1714 Thunder & rain 12 / 22 Mostly sunny 13 / 23 Variable clouds
Emine 13 / 1714 Mostly cloudy with rain 14 / 22 Mostly sunny 13 / 23 Variable clouds
Burgas 14 / 2017 Mostly cloudy with rain 12 / 22 Mostly sunny 11 / 24 Variable clouds
Ahtopol 13 / 1914 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder 12 / 20 Mostly sunny 12 / 21 Variable clouds

Note: Sea water temperature is issued only in the warm half of the year.

Forecast for the Mountain Resorts

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  tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Snow cover
[cm]		 Weather tmin / tmax
[°C]		 Weather tmin / tmax
[°C]		 Weather
Botev peak -4 / 0165 Mostly cloudy with snow -2 / 3 Variable clouds 2 / 4 Variable clouds, possible rain
Murgash peak 0 / 6n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 2 / 9 Variable clouds, possible rain 4 / 11 Variable clouds
Cherni vrah -3 / 027 Mostly cloudy with snow -3 / 4 Variable clouds 1 / 4 Variable clouds, possible rain
Aleko* -1 / 4n.a. Rain & snow 1 / 8 Variable clouds 4 / 9 Variable clouds, possible rain
Musala peak** -7 / -3n.a. Mostly cloudy with snow -5 / 0 Variable clouds -3 / 0 Variable clouds, possible snow
Borovets* 3 / 7n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 3 / 12 Variable clouds 5 / 14 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Rozhen 0 / 8n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 4 / 12 Variable clouds, possible rain 5 / 13 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Snezhanka* -1 / 4n.a. Rain & snow 2 / 10 Variable clouds, possible rain
Pamporovo* 4 / 9n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 3 / 11 Variable clouds, possible rain 6 / 14 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Chepelare-Mechi Chal* 3 / 9n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 3 / 11 Variable clouds
Smolyan* 4 / 15n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 4 / 15 Variable clouds, possible rain 8 / 17 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Bansko* 5 / 14n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 5 / 16 Variable clouds 6 / 15 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Dobrinishte* 5 / 14n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 6 / 17 Variable clouds 7 / 16 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
Todorka peak* -5 / -2n.a. Mostly cloudy with snow -4 / 1 Variable clouds -2 / 1 Variable clouds, possible snow
1200m 4 / 9n.a. Mostly cloudy with rain 4 / 13 Variable clouds 6 / 14 Sun, cloud, shower, and thunder
2000m -2 / 3n.a. Rain & snow -1 / 6 Variable clouds, possible rain 2 / 7 Variable clouds, possible rain

* Snow depth information is from the Bulgarian Mountain Rescue Service

** Snow depth not measured.

Note: Snow cover depth is given only during the cold half of the year.

Note: Snow height is issued only in the cold half of the year.

Forecasts for Cities—Europe

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  tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather tmin / tmax
[°C] 		Weather
London 10 / 16 Mostly cloudy 8 / 15 Mostly cloudy with rain 11 / 18 Mostly cloudy with rain
Paris 11 / 18 Variable clouds, possible rain 11 / 16 Variable clouds, possible rain 12 / 17 Variable clouds, possible rain
Brussels 7 / 15 Mostly cloudy with rain 9 / 15 Overcast 8 / 15 Mostly cloudy with rain
Madrid 10 / 22 Mostly sunny 11 / 23 Sunny 13 / 26 Sunny
Stockholm 7 / 15 Variable clouds 8 / 17 Mostly cloudy 10 / 18 Variable clouds
Berlin 5 / 18 Mostly sunny 7 / 21 Mostly sunny 8 / 20 Mostly cloudy
Warsaw 9 / 13 Variable clouds, possible rain 9 / 19 Variable clouds, possible rain 10 / 19 Variable clouds, possible rain
Rome 11 / 22 Mostly cloudy 12 / 23 Mostly cloudy 12 / 23 Rain
Prague 4 / 17 Mostly cloudy 5 / 20 Mostly cloudy 8 / 19 Variable clouds, possible rain
Budapest 10 / 13 Rain 8 / 18 Mostly sunny 10 / 21 Sunny
Kiev 13 / 22 Variable clouds, possible rain 14 / 21 Variable clouds, possible rain 13 / 23 Variable clouds, possible rain
Moscow 12 / 25 Variable clouds 17 / 28 Mostly sunny
Belgrade 10 / 14 Short rain 9 / 20 Mostly sunny 11 / 23 Mostly sunny
Bucharest 11 / 17 Mostly cloudy with rain 10 / 24 Mostly sunny 11 / 25 Mostly cloudy with rain
Thessaloniki 13 / 23 Sunny 14 / 24 Sunny 14 / 22 Short rain
Athens 15 / 26 Sunny 14 / 26 Sunny 14 / 25 Sunny
Istanbul 17 / 21 Thunderstorms 13 / 20 Overcast 14 / 24 Overcast
Ankara 12 / 24 Thunderstorms 9 / 19 Thunderstorms 8 / 20 Overcast