Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Craiova: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Craiova, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 1st of 27 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Craiova is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Târgu Jiu in MayRomania · 91 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in MayRomania · 97 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 98 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 103 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Pleven in MayBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Sibiu in MayRomania · 167 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Ruse in MayBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 184 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°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 Craiova) is explained once on the Craiova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.