Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibiu weather
in May.
A mild, 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 Sibiu: daytime highs average 19.1°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 54 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Râmnicu Vâlcea (80 km away). In May its highs average 20.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than Sibiu, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Sibiu ranks joint 24th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Sibiu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 140 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
Sibiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 43 | 9.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 4.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 46 | 10.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 63 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 91 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| May, selected | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 120 | 17.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 140 | 17.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 124 | 15.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 111 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 9.5 | 9.510 h |
| December | 3.3°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 8.79 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
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 80 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in MayRomania · 88 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in MayRomania · 107 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Braşov in MayRomania · 114 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MayRomania · 115 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.0°C · 89 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 120 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Bistriţa in MayRomania · 151 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 8.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Craiova in MayRomania · 167 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 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 Sibiu) is explained once on the Sibiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.