Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Ploieşti: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (58 km away). In April its highs average 17.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Ploieşti, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks 14th of 27 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 27 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 27 cities is 15.8°C; Ploieşti is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ploieşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 49 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 77 | 12.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 72 | 9.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 57 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 49 | 7.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 49 | 7.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bucharest in AprilRomania · 58 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Buzău in AprilRomania · 68 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Braşov in AprilRomania · 84 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 91 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Ruse in AprilBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AprilRomania · 131 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Brăila in AprilRomania · 158 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Galaţi in AprilRomania · 168 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 43 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 Ploieşti) is explained once on the Ploieşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.