Sofia
It is 67.3°F at Sofia Observ., 15:00 local on Monday. Sofia is the 110th hottest of 139 capitals by annual mean, and the 167th hottest capital right now.
15:00 local · Monday 28 September 2026
Source: WMO SYNOP bulletins
Normal for this date here is a high of 70.7°F.
Wednesday, 18 August 1993
Source: GHCN-Daily
Monday, 6 February 1956
Source: GHCN-Daily
The record for 28 September here is 88.3°F, set in 1999. Today reached 67.3°F.
The whole record bookKuwait City, at 114.8°F. The two ends of the capitals table right now.
See Kuwait CityWhere Sofia stands
- Among capitals, annual mean
- #110
- of 139
- Among capitals, right now
- #167
- of 213 reporting
- Hottest month
- August
- 79.5°F
- Widest annual swing
- #27
- of 139
Sofia by month
Normal high · record high · record low- Jan37.4°FHigh 64.0°F · 19 Jan 2007Low −7.2°F · 13 Jan 1985
- Feb43.7°FHigh 71.6°F · 23 Feb 1977Low −11.0°F · 6 Feb 1956
- Mar51.3°FHigh 81.5°F · 25 Mar 2001Low 3.0°F · 6 Mar 1955
- Apr60.3°FHigh 86.5°F · 5 Apr 1989Low 22.3°F · 10 Apr 1997
- May68.4°FHigh 93.4°F · 15 May 2020Low 28.4°F · 13 May 1978
- Jun74.1°FHigh 99.0°F · 27 Jun 1982Low 34.5°F · 12 Jun 1992
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Nearby, hottest and coldest
8 of 8 nearby stations reported today.
Capitals with a similar climate
The capitals immediately warmer and cooler than Sofia by annual mean.
How Sofia’s temperature has been recorded
When did temperature records begin in Sofia?
The archive held here for Sofia, Bulgaria starts in 1952, which is 73 years of record, across 28,571 days with a stored reading.
Which station measures Sofia's temperature?
Sofia Observ. (LBSF), 586 m above sea level. Every figure on this page comes from that one station rather than from a city-wide average, so it is a measurement at a known place rather than an estimate for an area.
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Sofia?
102.9°F, on 18 August 1993, in the record held for Sofia Observ.. That is the highest daily maximum in the archive for this station, not a national record and not an official figure: those are set by national meteorological services.
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Sofia?
−11.0°F, on 6 February 1956, in the same archive. Like the high, it is the lowest daily minimum this station has recorded rather than an official national figure.
How is the temperature measured and checked?
Sources and checks for this page
Live readings come from WMO SYNOP bulletins at Sofia Observ.. Monthly means and every record on this page are computed from NOAA GHCN-Daily observations stored per station, per year, per month, and the capital list is GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Nothing here is modelled, interpolated or estimated, and a month the archive never covered is left out rather than filled in. See how this is built.