Climate · Bucharest

Bucharest in April

Mild and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Bucharest is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Bucharest is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 3 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
13h 25mon average

Is April a good time to visit Bucharest?


April sits outside Bucharest's best months, which run from September. Expect mild days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in April, against 41°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in April, against 5°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in April, against 23% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in April, against 23% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

13h 25m in April, against 8h 53m to 15h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March54°12°low 33°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April65°18°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May75°24°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Bucharest sits, in April

Europe/Bucharest

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:33 AMsets 7:58 PM
Above the sea
80 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Bucharest, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Bucharest is our one place in Romania so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bucharest. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.