Climate · Bucharest

Bucharest in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Bucharest is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 19 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Bucharest is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 19 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 25% of days
Daylight
13h 58mon average

Is August a good time to visit Bucharest?


August sits outside Bucharest's best months, which run from September. Expect hot 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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

25% of days in August, against 23% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in August, against 23% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

13h 58m in August, against 8h 53m to 15h 29m through the year.

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

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  1. July87°31°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August88°31°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September78°26°low 57°low 14°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Bucharest sits, in August

Europe/Bucharest

this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:18 AMsets 8:23 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 August, 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.