Climate averages 1991–2020
Bălţi weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Bălţi: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iaşi (71 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Bălţi, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bălţi ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 22.1°C; Bălţi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bălţi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 28 | 6.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 29 | 6.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 74 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 75 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 7.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | 2.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 33 | 7.1 | 8.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Iaşi in MayRomania · 71 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Botoşani in MayRomania · 94 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Chisinau in MayMoldova · 109 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Suceava in MayRomania · 126 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in MayUkraine · 142 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in MayRomania · 153 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 153 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Bender in MayMoldova · 156 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bălţi) is explained once on the Bălţi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.