Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Craiova: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd 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 Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, 3.2°C cooler than Craiova, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 1st of 27 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Craiova is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 49 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
Craiova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 38 | 6.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 33 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 68 | 10.6 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.1 | 15.215 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 49 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 45 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 42 | 7.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 7.1 | 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
- Târgu Jiu in AugustRomania · 91 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in AugustRomania · 97 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AugustRomania · 98 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 103 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Pleven in AugustBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Sibiu in AugustRomania · 167 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Ruse in AugustBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Bucharest in AugustRomania · 184 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 49 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 Craiova) is explained once on the Craiova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.