Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Chisinau: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bender (51 km away). In May its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 22.1°C; Chisinau is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 69 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bender in MayMoldova · 51 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Tiraspol in MayMoldova · 61 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Iaşi in MayRomania · 97 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bălţi in MayMoldova · 109 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Odesa in MayUkraine · 155 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 156 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Botoşani in MayRomania · 185 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Galaţi in MayRomania · 186 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 54 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.