Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the 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 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 64 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In July its highs average 26.3°C, 3.2°C cooler than Craiova, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 1st of 27 for the warmest July highs and joint 4th of 27 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 27 cities is 26.4°C; Craiova is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 42 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
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, selected | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Târgu Jiu in JulyRomania · 91 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in JulyRomania · 97 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 66 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JulyRomania · 98 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Piteşti in JulyRomania · 103 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.6°C · 93 mm rain
- Pleven in JulyBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Sibiu in JulyRomania · 167 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Ruse in JulyBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Bucharest in JulyRomania · 184 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 79 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.