Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Chisinau: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bender (51 km away). In July its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 4 cities is 28.1°C; Chisinau is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Chisinau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 69 | 10.4 | 15.816 h |
| July, selected | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
July in nearby cities
- Bender in JulyMoldova · 51 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Tiraspol in JulyMoldova · 61 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Iaşi in JulyRomania · 97 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Bălţi in JulyMoldova · 109 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Odesa in JulyUkraine · 155 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Bacău in JulyRomania · 156 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Botoşani in JulyRomania · 185 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Galaţi in JulyRomania · 186 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 47 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 Chisinau) is explained once on the Chisinau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.