Bucharest Climate & Temperature
- Bucharest, Romania is at 44°30'N, 26°4'E, 91 m (299 ft). See map.
- Bucharest has a humid subtropical climate that is mild with no dry season, constantly moist (year-round rainfall). Summers are hot and muggy with thunderstorms. Winters are mild with precipitation from mid-latitude cyclones. Seasonality is moderate. (Köppen-Geiger classification: Cfa).
- According to the Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification Bucharest is situated in or near the cool temperate steppe biome.
- The average temperature is 10.6 degrees Celsius (51.1 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.
- Average monthly temperatures vary by 24.4 °C (43.9°F). This indicates that the continentality type is continental, subtype subcontinental.
- In the winter time records indicate temperatures by day reach 3.1°C (37.6°F) on average falling to -3.8°C (25.2°F) overnight.
- In spring time temperatures climb reaching 17.3°C (63.1°F) generally in the afternoon with overnight lows of 5.5°C (41.8°F).
- During summer average high temperatures are 28°C (82.5°F) and average low temperatures are 14.9°C (58.8°F).
- Come autumn/ fall temperatures decrease achieving average highs of 17.5°C (63.6°F) during the day and lows of 6.1°C (43°F) generally shortly after sunrise.
- Total annual Precipitation averages 595 mm (23.4 inches) which is equivalent to 595 Litres/m² (14.59 Gallons/ft²).
- On average there are 2228 hours of sunshine per year. Visit the sunshine and daylight section to check monthly details including how high in the sky the sun reaches each month.
- Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Bucharest you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Tubuai, French Polynesia where you would find a Tropical wet climate.
Bucharest Climate Table
| Climate Variable | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) | 2 (35) | 4 (39) | 11 (51) | 18 (64) | 23 (74) | 27 (80) | 29 (84) | 29 (83) | 25 (76) | 18 (64) | 10 (50) | 4 (39) | 17 (62) | ||
| Average Temperature °C ( °F) | -2 (28) | 0 (32) | 5 (41) | 11 (52) | 17 (62) | 20 (68) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 17 (62) | 11 (51) | 5 (41) | 0 (32) | 11 (51) | ||
| Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) | -6 (22) | -3 (26) | 0 (33) | 6 (42) | 11 (51) | 14 (57) | 16 (60) | 15 (59) | 11 (52) | 6 (42) | 2 (35) | -3 (27) | 6 (42) | ||
| Average Precipitation mm (in) | 40 (2) | 36 (1) | 38 (1) | 46 (2) | 70 (3) | 77 (3) | 64 (3) | 58 (2) | 42 (2) | 32 (1) | 49 (2) | 43 (2) | 595 (23) | ||
| Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day %) | 9 (29) | 9 (32) | 9 (29) | 10 (33) | 13 (42) | 17 (57) | 9 (29) | 7 (23) | 6 (20) | 8 (26) | 10 (33) | 10 (32) | 117 (32) | ||
| Average Sunlight Hours/ Day | 2h 09' | 3h 17' | 4h 50' | 6h 46' | 7h 56' | 8h 46' | 10h 29' | 10h 05' | 8h 24' | 5h 32' | 2h 28' | 2h 15' | 6h 06' | ||
| Average Daylight Hours/ Day | 9h 14' | 10h 21' | 11h 50' | 13h 25' | 14h 46' | 15h 28' | 15h 09' | 13h 59' | 12h 27' | 10h 52' | 9h 32' | 8h 52' | 12h 00' | ||
| Percentage of Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours | 24 (76) | 32 (68) | 41 (59) | 51 (49) | 54 (46) | 57 (43) | 70 (30) | 73 (27) | 68 (32) | 52 (48) | 26 (74) | 26 (74) | 51 (49) | ||
| Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°). | 25.6 | 34.9 | 45.8 | 57.4 | 65.7 | 68.9 | 65.9 | 57.6 | 46.1 | 34.7 | 25.5 | 22.1 | 45.8 |
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