Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 15.6°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In October its highs average 16.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest October highs and 25th of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Târgu Jiu is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 9.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 69 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in OctoberRomania · 68 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in OctoberRomania · 85 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Craiova in OctoberRomania · 91 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Sibiu in OctoberRomania · 107 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Reşiţa in OctoberRomania · 113 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Piteşti in OctoberRomania · 127 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Timişoara in OctoberRomania · 179 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in OctoberRomania · 192 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 56 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.