Bulgaria / Varna
Kara Dere
Kara Dere is a 3.8 km-long sandy beach facing east, 3.4 km north of Byala (Varna, Bulgaria). The sea averages 25.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 6.7 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Karadere (Bulgarian: Кара дере) is one of the last remaining unblighted by mass tourism development areas with a wild beach on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. The name derives from the Turkish kara meaning black and dere meaning gully.
Wikidata item Q12282579.
Month by month
October at Kara Dere
Beach-day index 4.1/10 · Bulgaria median 4.2
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 7.5 °C | 6.7 °C | 7.3 °C | 9.9 °C | 15.6 °C | 21.1 °C | 24.1 °C | 25.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 18.3 °C | 14.0 °C | 10.1 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 9° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 8° |
| Low °C | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 14° | 9° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 53 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 43 | 50 | 46 | 30 | 50 | 60 | 43 | 54 |
| Cloud % | 74 | 74 | 68 | 61 | 58 | 47 | 33 | 30 | 49 | 62 | 70 | 72 |
| Wind m/s | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| Daylight h | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Record high/low | 15°/-12° | 15°/-7° | 20°/-6° | 22°/-0° | 26°/7° | 33°/13° | 34°/17° | 33°/16° | 31°/13° | 26°/5° | 22°/-1° | 17°/-5° |
| Beach index | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; August scores 9.4/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 25.0 °C and 30 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Bulgaria in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 15.2 °C, cooler than 74% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (60 mm) and April the driest (30 mm); the yearly total is about 540 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.1 hours in December to 15.3 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:13 and sets at 20:12 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (85°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 238° to 304°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east about 800 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 13 m deep and 32 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 43 m above sea level 500 m inland and 65 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 42% cropland, 33% tree cover and 20% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a rural setting among farmland. Water makes up 55% of that circle.
- Crop 42%
- Tree 33%
- Grass 20%
- Bare 5%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
OpenStreetMap marks nudism here as “yes”.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Campsites
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Nearest services
The nearest place to eat or drink is 2.7 km south (Дифанакис), the nearest grocery shop is 3.2 km south (Т-Маркет) and the nearest fuel station is 2.5 km south-west (Петрол).
| Service | Nearest mapped | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and drink | Дифанакис | 2.7 km | south |
| Groceries | Т-Маркет | 3.2 km | south |
| Accommodation | Къща за гости "Баздарови" | 2.4 km | south |
| Fuel station | Петрол | 2.5 km | south-west |
| Car park | — | 1.0 km | south |
| Public toilets | — | 5.6 km | north |
| Bus stop | Автогара Бяла | 3.4 km | south |
Straight-line distance to the nearest feature within 20 km, from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places. A category is missing when nothing is mapped within 20 km.
Around the beach
Campsites
- Kara Dere 610 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Varna Airport Varna | VAR | 37.0 km | north |
| Burgas Airport Burgas | BOJ | 48.6 km | south-west |
| Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport Constanța | CND | 169 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4.3K residents); within 30 km there are 4 (about 15.4K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 1,526 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (275 views), 4.7× the quietest month.
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 18.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w172695968; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_35TNH_20260630_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Nearest services: OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places within 20 km.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 480 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.