Sibiu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇷🇴 Romania · regional city · humid subtropical climate
The best time to visit Sibiu is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 80/100), with August and May close behind. Sibiu averages about 2,005 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 54 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,005
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 80/100
- Rain / year
- 700 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 156k
- Elevation
- 448 m
When is the best time to visit Sibiu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Sibiu is September, then August and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Sibiu?
Sibiu gets a moderate 2,005 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate September (80) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #11 of 15 destinations in Romania for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,043 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 41% of the annual 700 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -6° / 21°F | 33 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| March | 14 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| April | 53 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 56 mm | 4 |
| May | 75 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 85 mm | 5 |
| June | 71 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 107 mm | 6 |
| July | 73 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 95 mm | 6 |
| August | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 16° / 61°F | 71 mm | 6 |
| September | 80 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 54 mm | 4 |
| October | 54 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| November | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 0° / 32°F | 39 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -4° / 25°F | 36 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Târgu Mureş Romania · 80 km · best in Sep · 2,054 h sun/yr
- Brașov (Ghimbav) Romania · 112 km · best in Sep · 2,005 h sun/yr
- Cluj-Napoca Romania · 115 km · best in Sep · 1,991 h sun/yr
- Craiova Romania · 164 km · best in Aug · 2,200 h sun/yr
- Bucharest Romania · 208 km · best in Aug · 2,214 h sun/yr
- Timişoara Romania · 213 km · best in Sep · 2,114 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Sibiu compares month by month: Sibiu vs Cluj-Napoca · Sibiu vs Brașov (Ghimbav) · Sibiu vs Craiova · Sibiu vs Târgu Mureş · all comparisons
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