Ploieşti climate

Name: Ploieşti
Address: RO

Ploieşti is warmest in August, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.9 °C. June is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (37 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ploieşti averages 689 mm of rain, 70 days above 25 °C and 108 days below freezing.

Romania · population 180,540 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month January -4.9 °C
Driest month February 37 mm
Wettest month June 90 mm
Least cloud August 36 % cloud
Hottest on record August 37 °C
Coldest on record February -25 °C

What to expectPloieşti through the year

Ploieşti has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.2 °C in January to 27 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C, 108 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in August.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 90 mm against 37 mm in February — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.2 °C	40 mm	61 %
February	5.7 °C	37 mm	62 %
March	10.3 °C	49 mm	60 %
April	15.9 °C	59 mm	57 %
May	20.9 °C	79 mm	55 %
June	24.6 °C	90 mm	50 %
July	26.8 °C	74 mm	39 %
August	26.9 °C	47 mm	36 %
September	21.7 °C	57 mm	47 %
October	15.8 °C	57 mm	55 %
November	9.5 °C	50 mm	62 %
December	4.4 °C	50 mm	62 %

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	3.2 °C	-4.9 °C	-1.2 °C	15.6 °C	-24.3 °C	0	0	28
February	5.7 °C	-3.6 °C	0.7 °C	20.6 °C	-25.3 °C	0	0	23
March	10.3 °C	-0.3 °C	4.9 °C	22.6 °C	-22.3 °C	0	0	17
April	15.9 °C	4.6 °C	10.6 °C	27.4 °C	-8.1 °C	0	0	3
May	20.9 °C	10.0 °C	15.9 °C	30.2 °C	0.3 °C	5	0	0
June	24.6 °C	14.2 °C	19.9 °C	34.7 °C	6.1 °C	14	2	0
July	26.8 °C	16.2 °C	21.9 °C	36.6 °C	7.5 °C	22	5	0
August	26.9 °C	16.3 °C	21.9 °C	37.0 °C	7.1 °C	22	6	0
September	21.7 °C	11.5 °C	16.7 °C	32.7 °C	2.9 °C	6	0	0
October	15.8 °C	6.4 °C	10.9 °C	28.5 °C	-13.2 °C	1	0	2
November	9.5 °C	1.4 °C	5.1 °C	23.1 °C	-19.7 °C	0	0	11
December	4.4 °C	-3.1 °C	0.2 °C	15.5 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	7	9.2 h/day	61 %	80 %	11 km/h
February	37 mm	7	10 h/day	62 %	76 %	13 km/h
March	49 mm	8	12 h/day	60 %	72 %	14 km/h
April	59 mm	10	13 h/day	57 %	70 %	14 km/h
May	79 mm	13	15 h/day	55 %	71 %	13 km/h
June	90 mm	13	16 h/day	50 %	72 %	12 km/h
July	74 mm	10	15 h/day	39 %	68 %	11 km/h
August	47 mm	8	14 h/day	36 %	66 %	11 km/h
September	57 mm	7	13 h/day	47 %	70 %	12 km/h
October	57 mm	7	11 h/day	55 %	78 %	12 km/h
November	50 mm	7	9.6 h/day	62 %	82 %	11 km/h
December	50 mm	7	8.8 h/day	62 %	81 %	11 km/h

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

Where Ploieşti ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	43rd of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Ploieşti’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ploieşti?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August 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 Ploieşti get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 108 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ploieşti?

June, averaging 90 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 37 mm. The year as a whole averages 689 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 Ploieşti 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
Data point: 44.950°, 26.017° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.