Climate averages 1991–2020
Oradea weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Oradea: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 02 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Debrecen (58 km away). In May its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Oradea, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Oradea ranks 10th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Oradea is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 84 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
Oradea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 45 | 9.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 49 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 84 | 12.2 | 15.816 h |
| July | 26.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 79 | 10.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 60 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 59 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 54 | 9.2 | 9.49 h |
| December | 4.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 59 | 9.9 | 8.69 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
- Debrecen in MayHungary · 58 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in MayHungary · 102 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Arad in MayRomania · 106 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Satu Mare in MayRomania · 110 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Szolnok in MayHungary · 131 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MayRomania · 131 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Baia Mare in MayRomania · 142 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Miskolc in MayHungary · 145 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 69 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 Oradea) is explained once on the Oradea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.