Climate averages 1991–2020
Râmnicu Vâlcea weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Râmnicu Vâlcea: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Piteşti (48 km away). In May its highs average 20.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Râmnicu Vâlcea, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Râmnicu Vâlcea ranks 15th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 24th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Râmnicu Vâlcea is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 108 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 48 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Sibiu in MayRomania · 80 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in MayRomania · 85 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Craiova in MayRomania · 98 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Braşov in MayRomania · 114 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Ploieşti in MayRomania · 131 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in MayRomania · 145 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Bucharest in MayRomania · 156 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 70 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.