Climate averages 1991–2020
Cluj-Napoca weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Cluj-Napoca: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (77 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Cluj-Napoca, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Cluj-Napoca ranks 22nd of 27 for the warmest August highs and joint 23rd of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Cluj-Napoca is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cluj-Napoca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 33 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 35 | 9.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 67 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 15.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 107 | 15.9 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 102 | 15.6 | 15.515 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 84 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 71 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 56 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 43 | 8.8 | 8.69 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
August in nearby cities
- Târgu Mureş in AugustRomania · 77 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Bistriţa in AugustRomania · 80 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Baia Mare in AugustRomania · 99 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Sibiu in AugustRomania · 115 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Satu Mare in AugustRomania · 128 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Oradea in AugustRomania · 131 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Debrecen in AugustHungary · 172 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Arad in AugustRomania · 186 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 58 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 Cluj-Napoca) is explained once on the Cluj-Napoca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.