Climate of Bucharest, Romania

Dfa

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Dfa — Cold, no dry season, hot summer.

Bucharest has a mean annual temperature of 12.1 °C and receives 627 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is July with a mean temperature of 23.9 °C, while January is the coldest month at -0.6 °C. Most precipitation falls in June (78 mm); the driest month is February (33 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Bucharest: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue bars, right axis, mm), 1991–2020 0 0 10 20 20 40 30 60 40 80 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: blue bars show monthly precipitation (right axis, mm), the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January-0.637.7
February1.633.1
March6.641.2
April12.450.9
May17.871.2
June22.078.3
July23.968.6
August23.748.6
September18.457.8
October12.449.4
November6.245.5
December0.845.1
Year12.1627.4

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (44.43°, 26.10°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.