Climate averages 1991–2020
Botoşani 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 Botoşani: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Suceava (34 km away). In May its highs average 19.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Botoşani, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Botoşani ranks 12th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Botoşani is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 89 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
Botoşani 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-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 27 | 6.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 29 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.5°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 41 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 52 | 9.7 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.5 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 89 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 92 | 11.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 62 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 35 | 6.1 | 9.39 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°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
- Suceava in MayRomania · 34 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 8.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Chernivtsi in MayUkraine · 81 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Bălţi in MayMoldova · 94 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Iaşi in MayRomania · 96 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in MayRomania · 96 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in MayUkraine · 103 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 133 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Bistriţa in MayRomania · 177 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 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 Botoşani) is explained once on the Botoşani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.