Climate averages 1991–2020
Râmnicu Vâlcea weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Râmnicu Vâlcea: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Piteşti (48 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Râmnicu Vâlcea, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Râmnicu Vâlcea ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Râmnicu Vâlcea is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 48 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Sibiu in AugustRomania · 80 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in AugustRomania · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Craiova in AugustRomania · 98 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Braşov in AugustRomania · 114 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Ploieşti in AugustRomania · 131 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in AugustRomania · 145 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Bucharest in AugustRomania · 156 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 49 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.