These beaches are wide and strewn with fine sand. Bulgaria is situated in the southern part of the temperate climatic zone of Europe. The climate of Bulgaria is generally defined as temperate continental with well expressed transition to the south of Stara Planina. In the southernmost regions of the country the influence of the Mediterranean is felt. In the mountainous regions at an altitude above 1000 m a mountainous climatic zone is differentiated with relatively low temperatures, heavy rainfall and continuous snow retention.
Winds vary in direction and velocity, relatively constant being the north-west and the west.
These cause warming up in spring and bring rainfall in summer, often accompanied by thunder. The average annual rainfall range is between 450 - 1300 mm, the larger quantity falling over Western Bulgaria and the high mountains. The heaviest rains fall in May and June, but in the high mountains the precipitation is in winter. The snow cover lasts 10 days along the Black Sea coast, but more than 200 days in the high mountains. The complex relief structure and the small territory of Bulgaria do not create conditions for big rivers.