Climate averages 1991–2020
Piteşti weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Piteşti: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 01 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Râmnicu Vâlcea (48 km away). In October its highs average 15.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Piteşti, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Piteşti ranks joint 17th of 27 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Piteşti is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 48 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in OctoberRomania · 48 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Ploieşti in OctoberRomania · 91 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Craiova in OctoberRomania · 103 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Braşov in OctoberRomania · 106 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 109 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Sibiu in OctoberRomania · 120 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in OctoberRomania · 127 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 141 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 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.