Climate averages 1991–2020
Galaţi weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Galaţi: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brăila (19 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Galaţi, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Galaţi ranks joint 2nd of 27 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Galaţi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 62 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
Galaţi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 26 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 39 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 43 | 8.2 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 62 | 9.5 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 35 | 6.0 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
- Brăila in MayRomania · 19 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Buzău in MayRomania · 100 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Constanţa in MayRomania · 147 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Bacău in MayRomania · 153 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Ploieşti in MayRomania · 168 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Chisinau in MayMoldova · 186 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 189 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Bender in MayMoldova · 190 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.0°C · 46 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 Galaţi) is explained once on the Galaţi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.