Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks 16th of 27 for the warmest May highs and 17th of 27 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 27 cities is 20.8°C; Târgu Jiu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 76 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in MayRomania · 68 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in MayRomania · 85 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Craiova in MayRomania · 91 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Sibiu in MayRomania · 107 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 120 mm rain
- Reşiţa in MayRomania · 113 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Piteşti in MayRomania · 127 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 9.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Timişoara in MayRomania · 179 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in MayRomania · 192 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.0°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 Târgu Jiu) is explained once on the Târgu Jiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.