Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In April its highs average 17.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks 13th of 27 for the warmest April highs and joint 21st of 27 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 27 cities is 15.8°C; Târgu Jiu is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Târgu Jiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.9°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 51 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 69 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 78 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 76 | 9.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 64 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 52 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 70 | 10.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in AprilRomania · 68 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AprilRomania · 85 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 4.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Craiova in AprilRomania · 91 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Sibiu in AprilRomania · 107 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Reşiţa in AprilRomania · 113 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Piteşti in AprilRomania · 127 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Timişoara in AprilRomania · 179 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in AprilRomania · 192 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 67 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 Târgu Jiu) is explained once on the Târgu Jiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.