Bucharest weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇴 Romania · city break · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Bucharest is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 83/100), with September and May close behind. Bucharest averages about 2,214 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 46 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,214
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 83/100
- Rain / year
- 615 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 1.9M
- Elevation
- 92 m
When is the best time to visit Bucharest?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Bucharest is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 44 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Bucharest?
Bucharest gets a moderate 2,214 hours of sunshine a year. 83 Sunshine Score points separate August (83) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 15 destinations in Romania for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,043 hours. The year's 615 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -5° / 23°F | 44 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -4° / 25°F | 34 mm | 1 |
| March | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 39 mm | 3 |
| April | 70 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 43 mm | 4 |
| May | 80 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 65 mm | 6 |
| June | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 79 mm | 6 |
| July | 79 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 67 mm | 7 |
| August | 83 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 46 mm | 6 |
| September | 82 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 52 mm | 4 |
| October | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 56 mm | 2 |
| November | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 48 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Brașov (Ghimbav) Romania · 134 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Craiova Romania · 178 km · best in Aug · 2,200 h sun/yr
- Varna Bulgaria · 203 km · best in Aug · 2,248 h sun/yr
- Sibiu Romania · 208 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Bacău Romania · 226 km · best in Sep · 2,084 h sun/yr
- Târgu Mureş Romania · 249 km · best in Sep · 2,054 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Constanța Romania · 191 km · 2,248 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Bucharest compares month by month: Bucharest vs Varna · Bucharest vs Brașov (Ghimbav) · Bucharest vs Craiova · Bucharest vs Burgas · all comparisons
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