Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibiu weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Sibiu: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 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 10 h 59 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Râmnicu Vâlcea (80 km away). In October its highs average 15.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Sibiu, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Sibiu ranks joint 21st of 27 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Sibiu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 8.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 51 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in OctoberRomania · 80 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in OctoberRomania · 88 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in OctoberRomania · 107 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Braşov in OctoberRomania · 114 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in OctoberRomania · 115 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 120 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Bistriţa in OctoberRomania · 151 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Craiova in OctoberRomania · 167 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 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.