Climate averages 1991–2020
Arad weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Arad: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Timişoara (48 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Arad, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Arad ranks 8th of 27 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Arad is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 58 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Arad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 47 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 78 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 65 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 58 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 50 | 8.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 50 | 9.3 | 8.79 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
August in nearby cities
- Timişoara in AugustRomania · 48 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Szeged in AugustHungary · 90 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Oradea in AugustRomania · 106 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Reşiţa in AugustRomania · 108 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in AugustSerbia · 115 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Subotica in AugustSerbia · 127 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Szolnok in AugustHungary · 140 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Kecskemét in AugustHungary · 148 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°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 Arad) is explained once on the Arad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.