Climate averages 1991–2020
Brăila weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Brăila: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galaţi (19 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Brăila, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Brăila ranks joint 2nd of 27 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Brăila is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Brăila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 35 | 5.9 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 27 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 41 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 42 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 60 | 9.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 34 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 43 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 35 | 5.8 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 39 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
May in nearby cities
- Galaţi in MayRomania · 19 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Buzău in MayRomania · 90 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Constanţa in MayRomania · 132 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Ploieşti in MayRomania · 158 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 166 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 174 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Braşov in MayRomania · 189 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Chisinau in MayMoldova · 205 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°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 Brăila) is explained once on the Brăila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.