Craiova weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇴 Romania · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Craiova is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with September and July close behind. Craiova averages about 2,200 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 50 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,200
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 674 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 304k
- Elevation
- 189 m
When is the best time to visit Craiova?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Craiova is August, then September and July. 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 Craiova?
Craiova gets a moderate 2,200 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate August (82) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 15 destinations in Romania for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,043 hours. The year's 674 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 | 40 mm | 1 |
| March | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 1° / 34°F | 47 mm | 3 |
| April | 69 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 49 mm | 4 |
| May | 78 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 75 mm | 6 |
| June | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 84 mm | 7 |
| July | 79 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 71 mm | 7 |
| August | 82 | 31° / 88°F | 18° / 64°F | 50 mm | 6 |
| September | 82 | 25° / 77°F | 13° / 55°F | 54 mm | 4 |
| October | 67 | 18° / 64°F | 7° / 45°F | 59 mm | 2 |
| November | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 50 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 51 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sibiu Romania · 164 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Bucharest Romania · 178 km · best in Aug · 2,214 h sun/yr
- Sofia Bulgaria · 184 km · best in Aug · 2,157 h sun/yr
- Niš Serbia · 196 km · best in Sep · 2,119 h sun/yr
- Brașov (Ghimbav) Romania · 201 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Târgu Mureş Romania · 242 km · best in Sep · 2,054 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Craiova compares month by month: Craiova vs Bucharest · Craiova vs Sofia · Craiova vs Sibiu · all comparisons
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