Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in May.
A mild, 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 mild month in Ploieşti: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (58 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Ploieşti, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks joint 13th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Ploieşti is level with that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 85 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
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 | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 58 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Buzău in MayRomania · 68 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Braşov in MayRomania · 84 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 91 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Ruse in MayBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 131 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Brăila in MayRomania · 158 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Galaţi in MayRomania · 168 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 54 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.