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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bender
Bender climate by month
Hot-summer humid continental · DfaBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing25°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation539 mm89 wet days a year
46.83° N, 29.48° EElevation 33 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goBender · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low17° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bender has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 30° and nights 17°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 25°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 539 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (66 mm, 11 wet days) and September the driest (51 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 22% in July to 55% in December.
Compared with Chișinău, the capital, Bender is 0.8° warmer on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · July
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- September
- Clearest skies
- July · 22% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 51 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 34 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 2° | 5° | 11° | 18° | 24° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 24° | 17° | 9° | 3° |
| Average low | -5° | -4° | 0° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 17° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 2° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 33 mm | 34 mm | 38 mm | 47 mm | 66 mm | 63 mm | 52 mm | 51 mm | 40 mm | 41 mm | 38 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8 | 7 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 54% | 52% | 48% | 40% | 31% | 29% | 22% | 22% | 30% | 37% | 51% | 55% |
| Daylight | 8h 56 | 10h 19 | 11h 51 | 13h 34 | 15h 01 | 15h 51 | 15h 31 | 14h 15 | 12h 36 | 10h 57 | 9h 25 | 8h 34 |
| Month score | 29 | 32 | 35 | 80 | 77 | 64 | 56 | 66 | 87 | 75 | 34 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Bender in every month
January29
2° / -5°
36 mm · 8 wet days
February32
5° / -4°
33 mm · 7 wet days
March35
11° / 0°
34 mm · 7.5 wet days
April80
18° / 5°
38 mm · 6.3 wet days
May77
24° / 10°
47 mm · 9.7 wet days
June64
28° / 15°
66 mm · 10.7 wet days
July56
30° / 17°
63 mm · 9.2 wet days
August66
30° / 16°
52 mm · 5.9 wet days
September87
24° / 11°
51 mm · 5.5 wet days
October75
17° / 6°
40 mm · 6.2 wet days
November34
9° / 2°
41 mm · 6.5 wet days
December32
3° / -3°
38 mm · 6.8 wet days