Climate averages 1991–2020
Braşov weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th 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 Braşov: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 53 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (84 km away). In May its highs average 20.8°C, 2.3°C warmer than Braşov, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Braşov ranks 26th of 27 for the warmest May highs and joint 22nd of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Braşov is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 95 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
Braşov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 51 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 11.7 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 18.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 90 | 14.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 95 | 13.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 91 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 74 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.6°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 h |
| December | 3.1°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 43 | 8.5 | 8.89 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
- Ploieşti in MayRomania · 84 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 106 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Buzău in MayRomania · 111 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Sibiu in MayRomania · 114 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 114 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in MayRomania · 128 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 141 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 144 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 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 Braşov) is explained once on the Braşov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.