Chisinau climate

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Chisinau is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.7 °C. June is the wettest month (71 mm) and February the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chisinau averages 538 mm of rain, 80 days above 25 °C and 96 days below freezing.

Moldova · population 635,994 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 28 °C
Coldest month January -4.7 °C
Driest month February 27 mm
Wettest month June 71 mm
Least cloud August 38 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -26 °C

What to expectChisinau through the year

Chisinau has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 1.5 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 80 days a year reach 25 °C, 24 of them reach 30 °C, 96 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 71 mm against 27 mm in February — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	1.5 °C	34 mm	75 %
February	4.0 °C	27 mm	72 %
March	9.3 °C	36 mm	64 %
April	16.0 °C	47 mm	59 %
May	22.0 °C	54 mm	53 %
June	25.8 °C	71 mm	50 %
July	27.9 °C	59 mm	42 %
August	27.7 °C	49 mm	38 %
September	21.8 °C	48 mm	50 %
October	15.2 °C	40 mm	57 %
November	8.3 °C	37 mm	72 %
December	2.9 °C	36 mm	75 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	1.5 °C	-4.7 °C	-1.5 °C	13.8 °C	-25.6 °C	0	0	25
February	4.0 °C	-3.6 °C	0.2 °C	18.1 °C	-23.5 °C	0	0	21
March	9.3 °C	0.1 °C	4.6 °C	22.9 °C	-19.2 °C	0	0	15
April	16.0 °C	5.4 °C	10.9 °C	29.6 °C	-7.0 °C	0	0	2
May	22.0 °C	11.3 °C	16.9 °C	34.0 °C	1.6 °C	8	1	0
June	25.8 °C	15.7 °C	21.0 °C	37.1 °C	5.8 °C	17	4	0
July	27.9 °C	17.9 °C	23.2 °C	39.1 °C	10.4 °C	24	9	0
August	27.7 °C	17.4 °C	22.8 °C	38.3 °C	8.9 °C	23	9	0
September	21.8 °C	12.5 °C	17.2 °C	36.4 °C	1.6 °C	7	1	0
October	15.2 °C	7.0 °C	11.0 °C	28.2 °C	-3.9 °C	1	0	2
November	8.3 °C	2.2 °C	5.2 °C	22.7 °C	-14.6 °C	0	0	10
December	2.9 °C	-2.6 °C	0.1 °C	16.0 °C	-24.9 °C	0	0	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	6	8.9 h/day	75 %	82 %	15 km/h
February	27 mm	6	10 h/day	72 %	78 %	16 km/h
March	36 mm	7	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	17 km/h
April	47 mm	9	14 h/day	59 %	67 %	16 km/h
May	54 mm	10	15 h/day	53 %	65 %	15 km/h
June	71 mm	10	16 h/day	50 %	64 %	15 km/h
July	59 mm	9	16 h/day	42 %	62 %	15 km/h
August	49 mm	6	14 h/day	38 %	60 %	14 km/h
September	48 mm	7	13 h/day	50 %	66 %	15 km/h
October	40 mm	6	11 h/day	57 %	75 %	15 km/h
November	37 mm	5	9.4 h/day	72 %	81 %	15 km/h
December	36 mm	6	8.5 h/day	75 %	82 %	15 km/h

How Chisinau compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chisinau	28 °C	-4.7 °C	538 mm	80
Tiraspol · Moldova	29 °C	-4.6 °C	463 mm	86
Iaşi · Romania	27 °C	-5.5 °C	568 mm	75
Odesa · Ukraine	27 °C	-2.5 °C	415 mm	70
Galaţi · Romania	29 °C	-4.0 °C	501 mm	95

Where Chisinau ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	12thof 50	95/100
The driest places in Europe in October	44thof 50	40 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in September	45thof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Europe in May	49thof 50	22 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chisinau.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chisinau’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chisinau?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chisinau get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 24 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 96 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Chisinau?

June, averaging 71 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 538 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chisinau rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.