Climate averages 1991–2020
Bucharest weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bucharest: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (58 km away). In April its highs average 15.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Bucharest, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bucharest ranks 3rd of 27 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 27 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 27 cities is 15.8°C; Bucharest is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bucharest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 39 | 6.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 33 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 46 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 57 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 88 | 12.3 | 15.515 h |
| July | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 79 | 10.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 49 | 7.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 60 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 53 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 45 | 6.8 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.3°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 44 | 6.9 | 8.99 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
April in nearby cities
- Ploieşti in AprilRomania · 58 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 66 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Buzău in AprilRomania · 98 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 109 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Braşov in AprilRomania · 141 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Shumen in AprilBulgaria · 145 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AprilRomania · 156 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Pleven in AprilBulgaria · 164 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.3°C · 57 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 Bucharest) is explained once on the Bucharest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.