Bucharest climate

Name: Bucharest
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Bucharest is warmest in August, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.7 °C. June is the wettest month (89 mm) and February the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bucharest averages 668 mm of rain, 95 days above 25 °C and 88 days below freezing.

Romania · population 1,877,155 · 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 August 29 °C
Coldest month January -4.7 °C
Driest month February 34 mm
Wettest month June 89 mm
Least cloud August 33 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record February -26 °C

What to expectBucharest through the year

Bucharest has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.8 °C in January to 29 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 29 of them reach 30 °C, 88 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 89 mm against 34 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	2.8 °C	39 mm	65 %
February	6.0 °C	34 mm	63 %
March	11.3 °C	47 mm	60 %
April	17.2 °C	58 mm	56 %
May	22.6 °C	71 mm	54 %
June	26.4 °C	89 mm	47 %
July	28.6 °C	79 mm	36 %
August	28.8 °C	49 mm	33 %
September	23.4 °C	61 mm	45 %
October	17.0 °C	52 mm	55 %
November	10.3 °C	46 mm	65 %
December	4.3 °C	46 mm	65 %

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	2.8 °C	-4.7 °C	-1.2 °C	16.7 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	25
February	6.0 °C	-3.1 °C	1.2 °C	20.8 °C	-25.7 °C	0	0	20
March	11.3 °C	1.0 °C	6.1 °C	24.2 °C	-19.8 °C	0	0	11
April	17.2 °C	6.2 °C	11.8 °C	28.8 °C	-5.6 °C	1	0	1
May	22.6 °C	11.7 °C	17.4 °C	32.4 °C	1.8 °C	9	1	0
June	26.4 °C	16.0 °C	21.4 °C	39.2 °C	7.6 °C	19	5	0
July	28.6 °C	18.2 °C	23.6 °C	39.9 °C	10.7 °C	27	10	0
August	28.8 °C	18.3 °C	23.7 °C	38.3 °C	10.5 °C	26	12	0
September	23.4 °C	13.5 °C	18.4 °C	35.1 °C	2.7 °C	11	2	0
October	17.0 °C	8.0 °C	12.3 °C	29.5 °C	-11.0 °C	1	0	1
November	10.3 °C	2.7 °C	6.2 °C	23.7 °C	-16.9 °C	0	0	8
December	4.3 °C	-2.6 °C	0.6 °C	17.4 °C	-22.1 °C	0	0	22

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	7	9.2 h/day	65 %	84 %	15 km/h
February	34 mm	6	10 h/day	63 %	79 %	16 km/h
March	47 mm	8	12 h/day	60 %	73 %	17 km/h
April	58 mm	9	13 h/day	56 %	69 %	16 km/h
May	71 mm	11	15 h/day	54 %	68 %	15 km/h
June	89 mm	12	16 h/day	47 %	69 %	13 km/h
July	79 mm	10	15 h/day	36 %	64 %	13 km/h
August	49 mm	7	14 h/day	33 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	61 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	66 %	15 km/h
October	52 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	76 %	14 km/h
November	46 mm	7	9.6 h/day	65 %	83 %	14 km/h
December	46 mm	7	8.9 h/day	65 %	84 %	15 km/h

How Bucharest 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
Bucharest	29 °C	-4.7 °C	668 mm	95
Ploieşti · Romania	27 °C	-4.9 °C	689 mm	70
Braşov · Romania	23 °C	-7.4 °C	768 mm	29
Craiova · Romania	29 °C	-4.0 °C	585 mm	102
Galaţi · Romania	29 °C	-4.0 °C	501 mm	95

Where Bucharest ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	11thof 50	95/100
The warmest places in Europe in May	30thof 50	23 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	43rdof 50	26 °C
Places with the best weather in the world in September	44thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Bucharest’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bucharest?

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

How hot does Bucharest get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 29 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 88 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bucharest?

June, averaging 89 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 668 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 Bucharest 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.