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Bulgaria · 42.15°, 24.75° · 163 m

Plovdiv

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Photo: Ilia Markov from Sofia, Bulgaria, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Reaching Plovdiv from London emits 63.3 kg CO₂e return by rail (38h 48m each way) against 539 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 28.3 °C in July and 4.6 °C in January.

Plovdiv is a city in Central-South Bulgaria, the second-largest in the country and one of the oldest cities in Europe. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0

When to go: Plovdiv is warmest in July (28.3 °C), driest in August; coldest in January (4.6 °C). Month by month

63.3kg CO₂e return by rail, from London
539kg CO₂e return by air, from London
14.0hours of sunshine a day in July, its brightest month

Getting there

Return carbon and one-way journey time to Plovdiv. Times are modelled.
FromDistanceBy railRail timeBy airAir time
Amsterdam1,870 km55.2 kg37h 24m470 kg6h
Barcelona1,870 km55.2 kg39h 36m470 kg6h
Berlin1,432 km42.2 kg32h 48m360 kg5h 24m
Birmingham2,295 km76.4 kg41h 30m577 kg6h 36m
Bristol2,306 km77.0 kg41h 48m580 kg6h 36m
Brussels1,827 km53.9 kg36h 36m460 kg5h 54m
Cardiff2,345 km80.3 kg42h 6m590 kg6h 36m
Copenhagen1,742 km51.4 kg40h 54m438 kg5h 48m
Dublin2,601 km——654 kg7h
Edinburgh2,521 km106 kg44h 30m634 kg6h 54m
Frankfurt1,517 km44.8 kg32h 24m382 kg5h 30m
Glasgow2,577 km108 kg44h 42m648 kg6h 54m
Leeds2,326 km85.1 kg42h 24m585 kg6h 36m
Lisbon2,875 km84.8 kg57h 6m723 kg7h 18m
Liverpool2,398 km86.3 kg42h 24m603 kg6h 42m
London2,144 km63.3 kg38h 48m539 kg6h 24m
Madrid2,374 km70.1 kg43h 12m597 kg6h 42m
Manchester2,355 km84.3 kg42h 18m592 kg6h 36m
Milan1,299 km38.3 kg26h 18m327 kg5h 12m
Munich1,226 km36.2 kg27h 54m309 kg5h 6m
Newcastle2,384 km95.3 kg43h600 kg6h 42m
Nottingham2,266 km77.4 kg41h 54m570 kg6h 30m
Oslo2,194 km64.7 kg50h 30m552 kg6h 24m
Paris1,889 km55.7 kg34h 24m475 kg6h
Prague1,186 km35.0 kg27h 54m298 kg5h 6m
Rome1,011 km29.8 kg22h 18m254 kg4h 48m
Sheffield2,303 km81.6 kg42h 12m579 kg6h 36m
Southampton2,209 km72.2 kg41h 30m556 kg6h 24m
Stockholm1,964 km58.0 kg47h 18m494 kg6h 6m
Vienna939 km27.7 kg22h 48m236 kg4h 48m
Warsaw1,155 km34.1 kg27h 30m291 kg5h
Zurich1,401 km41.3 kg30h 42m352 kg5h 24m

The year in Plovdiv

Average temperature, °C — warmest in July
January: 4.6 °C4.6 °CJanFebruary: 7.4 °CFebMarch: 9.8 °CMarApril: 14.1 °CAprMay: 16.3 °CMayJune: 24.1 °CJunJuly: 28.3 °C28.3 °CJulAugust: 27.1 °CAugSeptember: 21.8 °CSepOctober: 16.5 °COctNovember: 8.2 °CNovDecember: 5.1 °CDec
Sunshine, hours a day — brightest in July
January: 6.2 hJanFebruary: 8.3 hFebMarch: 8.6 hMarApril: 10.2 hAprMay: 10.0 hMayJune: 13.6 hJunJuly: 14.0 h14.0 hJulAugust: 12.2 hAugSeptember: 10.4 hSepOctober: 9.7 hOctNovember: 6.6 hNovDecember: 5.0 h5.0 hDec
Historical daily means for 2023–2024, by month (ERA5 reanalysis) — averaged across day and night
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Temp °C4.67.49.814.116.324.128.327.121.816.58.25.1
Sun h/day6.28.38.610.210.013.614.012.210.49.76.65.0
Rain mm/day1.90.61.12.12.51.80.30.21.20.31.62.8

When to go

Plovdiv is warmest in July at 28.3 °C, and that is also its brightest month. Its coldest is January at 4.6 °C.

Three months worth booking

The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.

warmest and sunniestJuly28.3 °C · 14.0 h sun · 0.3 mm rainSee rooms in July →driestAugust27.1 °C · 12.2 h sun · 0.2 mm rainSee rooms in August →

How busy it gets

Пловдив records 2.2 overnight stays per resident a year (1,414,851 nights in 2024). Comparatively quiet by European standards.

Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.

Where to stay in Plovdiv

Places to stay in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.

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Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.

Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.