Climate averages 1991–2020
Râmnicu Vâlcea weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Râmnicu Vâlcea: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Piteşti (48 km away). In October its highs average 15.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Râmnicu Vâlcea, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Râmnicu Vâlcea ranks joint 12th of 27 for the warmest October highs and joint 23rd of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Râmnicu Vâlcea is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 58 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 48 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Sibiu in OctoberRomania · 80 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in OctoberRomania · 85 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Craiova in OctoberRomania · 98 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Braşov in OctoberRomania · 114 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ploieşti in OctoberRomania · 131 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in OctoberRomania · 145 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Bucharest in OctoberRomania · 156 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 53 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.