Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Ploieşti: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 7th 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 Bucharest (58 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ploieşti, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks joint 12th of 27 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Ploieşti is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.3°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 49 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 58 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Buzău in OctoberRomania · 68 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Braşov in OctoberRomania · 84 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 91 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Ruse in OctoberBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in OctoberRomania · 131 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Brăila in OctoberRomania · 158 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 8.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Galaţi in OctoberRomania · 168 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 42 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.