Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Craiova: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In October its highs average 15.6°C, 1.9°C cooler than Craiova, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 1st of 27 for the warmest October highs and joint 5th of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Craiova is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 7.0°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Târgu Jiu in OctoberRomania · 91 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in OctoberRomania · 97 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in OctoberRomania · 98 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 103 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Pleven in OctoberBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Sibiu in OctoberRomania · 167 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 184 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 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.