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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bucharest
Bucharest climate by month
Hot-summer humid continental · DfaBest Apr · Sep–Oct
Annual mean12°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation618 mm105 wet days a year
44.43° N, 26.11° EElevation 83 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goBucharest · weather score
Best timeApr · Sep–Oct
October: high / low18° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bucharest has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 31° and nights 16°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -5°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 618 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (77 mm, 13 wet days) and November the driest (46 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 18% in August to 48% in December.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · August
- Coldest nights
- -5° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- August · 18% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 52 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 | 3° | 6° | 12° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 25° | 18° | 11° | 4° |
| Average low | -5° | -3° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 11° | 6° | 2° | -3° |
| Precipitation | 37 mm | 35 mm | 42 mm | 51 mm | 60 mm | 77 mm | 68 mm | 54 mm | 54 mm | 48 mm | 46 mm | 46 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.8 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 44% | 44% | 38% | 32% | 27% | 20% | 18% | 27% | 35% | 44% | 48% |
| Daylight | 9h 12 | 10h 27 | 11h 52 | 13h 27 | 14h 47 | 15h 31 | 15h 13 | 14h 04 | 12h 34 | 11h 03 | 9h 38 | 8h 52 |
| Month score | 32 | 35 | 47 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 50 | 58 | 83 | 80 | 41 | 32 |
ivMonth by month
Bucharest in every month
January32
3° / -5°
37 mm · 8.1 wet days
February35
6° / -3°
35 mm · 7.2 wet days
March47
12° / 1°
42 mm · 7.7 wet days
April77
19° / 5°
51 mm · 8.5 wet days
May69
24° / 10°
60 mm · 12.6 wet days
June55
28° / 14°
77 mm · 13.3 wet days
July50
31° / 16°
68 mm · 11.4 wet days
August58
31° / 16°
54 mm · 7.5 wet days
September83
25° / 11°
54 mm · 6.8 wet days
October80
18° / 6°
48 mm · 7.5 wet days
November41
11° / 2°
46 mm · 6.3 wet days
December32
4° / -3°
46 mm · 7.8 wet days