Climate averages 1991–2020
Bucharest weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Bucharest: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 11 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (58 km away). In July its highs average 26.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Bucharest, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bucharest ranks 4th of 27 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 27 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 27 cities is 26.4°C; Bucharest is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ploieşti in JulyRomania · 58 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Ruse in JulyBulgaria · 66 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Buzău in JulyRomania · 98 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Piteşti in JulyRomania · 109 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Braşov in JulyRomania · 141 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Shumen in JulyBulgaria · 145 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JulyRomania · 156 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 164 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 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.