Bucharest Weather in May
Bucharest in May
The short of it: Bucharest in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 63 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 14 h 46 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 24° · low 10° · rain 63 mm · daylight 14 h 46 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Bucharest an average May high of 24°, a low of 10° and some 63 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 24°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 63 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 46 min in mid-May, 82 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 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 May. Sector 2, 3 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
May in Bucharest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 18 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sector 2Bucharest | 3 km NE | 24° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Sector 3Bucharest | 5 km E | 24° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Sector 5Bucharest | 6 km SSW | 24° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Sector 4Bucharest | 6 km S | 24° | 10° | 62 mm |
| Sector 6Bucharest | 7 km W | 24° | 10° | 60 mm |
| Popeşti-LeordeniIlfov | 7 km SE | 24° | 10° | 60 mm |
| PantelimonIlfov | 8 km ENE | 24° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Sector 1Bucharest | 8 km NW | 24° | 10° | 62 mm |