Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 21.2°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In September its highs average 22.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than Târgu Jiu, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks 15th of 27 for the warmest September highs and 19th of 27 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 27 cities is 21.3°C; Târgu Jiu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 70 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in SeptemberRomania · 68 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in SeptemberRomania · 85 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Craiova in SeptemberRomania · 91 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Sibiu in SeptemberRomania · 107 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 10.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Reşiţa in SeptemberRomania · 113 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Piteşti in SeptemberRomania · 127 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Timişoara in SeptemberRomania · 179 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in SeptemberRomania · 192 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 71 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.