Climate averages 1991–2020
Bucharest weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bucharest: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (58 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Bucharest, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bucharest ranks joint 3rd of 27 for the warmest August highs and joint 8th of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Bucharest is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 60 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ploieşti in AugustRomania · 58 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ruse in AugustBulgaria · 66 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Buzău in AugustRomania · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 109 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Braşov in AugustRomania · 141 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Shumen in AugustBulgaria · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AugustRomania · 156 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 164 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 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.