Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 27 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 27 cities is 26.5°C; Târgu Jiu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in AugustRomania · 68 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in AugustRomania · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Craiova in AugustRomania · 91 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Sibiu in AugustRomania · 107 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 111 mm rain
- Reşiţa in AugustRomania · 113 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Piteşti in AugustRomania · 127 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Timişoara in AugustRomania · 179 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in AugustRomania · 192 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 84 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.