Oradea weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇴 Romania · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Oradea is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with August and May close behind. Oradea averages about 2,000 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 53 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,000
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 637 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈66 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 214k
- Elevation
- 137 m

When is the best time to visit Oradea?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Oradea is September, then August and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Oradea?
Oradea gets a moderate 2,000 hours of sunshine a year. 81 Sunshine Score points separate September (81) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 of 15 destinations in Romania for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,043 hours. The year's 637 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 | -4° / 25°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -3° / 27°F | 38 mm | 1 |
| March | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 44 mm | 2 |
| April | 68 | 18° / 64°F | 6° / 43°F | 45 mm | 4 |
| May | 78 | 23° / 73°F | 12° / 54°F | 67 mm | 5 |
| June | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 80 mm | 6 |
| July | 76 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 77 mm | 6 |
| August | 80 | 30° / 86°F | 17° / 63°F | 54 mm | 5 |
| September | 81 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| October | 61 | 17° / 63°F | 7° / 45°F | 49 mm | 2 |
| November | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 2° / 36°F | 46 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -3° / 27°F | 46 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Debrecen Hungary · 56 km · best in Aug · 2,003 h sun/yr
- Cluj-Napoca Romania · 138 km · best in Sep · 1,991 h sun/yr
- Timişoara Romania · 142 km · best in Sep · 2,114 h sun/yr
- Košice Slovakia · 189 km · best in Sep · 1,792 h sun/yr
- Târgu Mureş Romania · 201 km · best in Sep · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Budapest Hungary · 204 km · best in Sep · 1,974 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Satu Mare Romania · 106 km · 1,992 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Arad Romania · 106 km · 2,065 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Baia Mare Romania · 137 km · 1,992 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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