Climate averages 1991–2020
Piteşti weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Piteşti: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Râmnicu Vâlcea (48 km away). In February its highs average 6.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Piteşti, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Piteşti ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest February highs and joint 15th of 27 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 27 cities is 4.9°C; Piteşti is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Piteşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 40 | 7.0 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 5.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 37 | 6.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 50 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 67 | 10.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 88 | 13.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 112 | 13.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 25.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 93 | 11.4 | 15.215 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 75 | 9.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 72 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 61 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 48 | 7.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.1°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 49 | 7.5 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in FebruaryRomania · 48 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ploieşti in FebruaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Craiova in FebruaryRomania · 103 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Braşov in FebruaryRomania · 106 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -5.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Bucharest in FebruaryRomania · 109 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Sibiu in FebruaryRomania · 120 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in FebruaryRomania · 127 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Ruse in FebruaryBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 39 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 Piteşti) is explained once on the Piteşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.