

The highest temperature recorded was 44.0 C and the lowest was −22.8 C.Īn inscription from the Sexaginta Prista fortress Etymology During spring and autumn, daytime temperatures vary between 17 to 22 ☌ (63 to 72 ☏), and precipitation during this time tends to be higher than in summer, with more frequent yet milder periods of rain. Temperatures frequently reach 35 to 40 ☌ (95 to 104 ☏) in mid-summer in the city centre and stay as low as 18 to 20 ☌ (64 to 68 ☏) during the nights. In summer, the average temperature is 25 ☌ (77 ☏). Winter temperatures often dip below 0 ☌ (32 ☏), sometimes even to −20 ☌ (−4 ☏).

Owing to its position on the Danubian Plain, the city's winters can get windy. Ruse has a continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfa) with very hot summers and relatively cold winters. 7.2 Ethnic, linguistic and religious composition.The Rousse TV Tower is built there on the remains of Leventtabia, a former Turkish fortification. Sarabair ( саръбаир) hill is to the south of the city and is 159 m (521.65 ft) high. During the 20th century, the west end of the city was significantly modified by moving the mouth of Rusenski Lom to the west, as well as by moving the bank itself with its fairway considerably to the north. The city extends from the land-connected Matey ( Матей) island and the mouth of Rusenski Lom on the west to Srabcheto ( Сръбчето) hill on the east. The urban area is an approximately 11-km ellipse running along the river. The average altitude is 45.5 m (149.28 ft) AMSL. Ruse is on the right bank of the river Danube, which is the high bank, having two underwater terraces and three river terraces at 15 to 22 m (49.21–72.18 ft), 30 to 66 m (98.43–216.54 ft), and 54 to 65 m (177.17–213.25 ft). Ruse is the birthplace of the Nobel laureate in Literature Elias Canetti and the writer Michael Arlen. The Ruse-Giurgiu Friendship Bridge, until 14 June 2013 the only one in the shared Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube, crosses the river here. Ruse is known for its 19th- and 20th-century Neo-Baroque and Neo-Rococo architecture, which attracts many tourists. Thanks to its location and its railway and road bridge over the Danube ( Danube Bridge), it is the most significant Bulgarian river port, serving an important part of the international trade of the country. Ruse is in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, approximately 75 km (47 mi) south of Bucharest, Romania's capital, 200 km (124 mi) from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and 300 km (186 mi) from the capital Sofia. Ruse (also transliterated as Rousse, Russe Bulgarian: Русе ) is the fifth largest city in Bulgaria.
