Climate averages 1991–2020
Satu Mare weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Satu Mare: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baia Mare (55 km away). In May its highs average 20.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Satu Mare, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Satu Mare ranks 11th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Satu Mare is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 85 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
Satu Mare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 51 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 53 | 9.7 | 13.614 h |
| May, selected | 21.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 12.4 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 9.6 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 65 | 8.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 63 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 53 | 9.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 59 | 10.0 | 8.58 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
- Baia Mare in MayRomania · 55 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 10.3°C · 111 mm rain
- Mukachevo in MayUkraine · 72 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in MayHungary · 87 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Debrecen in MayHungary · 97 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in MayUkraine · 101 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Oradea in MayRomania · 110 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MayRomania · 128 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Bistriţa in MayRomania · 144 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 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 Satu Mare) is explained once on the Satu Mare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.