Climate averages 1991–2020
Râmnicu Vâlcea weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Râmnicu Vâlcea: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 8th 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 Piteşti (48 km away). In April its highs average 15.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Râmnicu Vâlcea, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Râmnicu Vâlcea ranks joint 11th of 27 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 27 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 27 cities is 15.8°C; Râmnicu Vâlcea is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 95 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
Râmnicu Vâlcea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 46 | 8.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 6.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 44 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 60 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 74 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 95 | 14.4 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 108 | 14.4 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 87 | 12.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 74 | 10.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 73 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 69 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 58 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 61 | 8.9 | 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
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 48 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Sibiu in AprilRomania · 80 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in AprilRomania · 85 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Craiova in AprilRomania · 98 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Braşov in AprilRomania · 114 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Ploieşti in AprilRomania · 131 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in AprilRomania · 145 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Bucharest in AprilRomania · 156 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 57 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 Râmnicu Vâlcea) is explained once on the Râmnicu Vâlcea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.