Bucharest Weather in August
Bucharest in August
The short of it: Bucharest in August averages a high of 31 °C (87 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 16° · rain 44 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
August in Bucharest brings afternoons near 31° and nights around 16°, with about 44 mm of rain over the month. No month in Bucharest runs warmer: highs about 31°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-August, 72 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Bucharest runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Sector 2, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
August in Bucharest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 18 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 2Bucharest | 3 km NE | 31° | 16° | 43 mm |
| Sector 3Bucharest | 5 km E | 31° | 16° | 42 mm |
| Sector 5Bucharest | 6 km SSW | 31° | 16° | 43 mm |
| Sector 4Bucharest | 6 km S | 31° | 16° | 42 mm |
| Sector 6Bucharest | 7 km W | 30° | 16° | 43 mm |
| Popeşti-LeordeniIlfov | 7 km SE | 31° | 16° | 41 mm |
| PantelimonIlfov | 8 km ENE | 31° | 16° | 42 mm |
| Sector 1Bucharest | 8 km NW | 30° | 16° | 43 mm |