Bârlad weather in May

In May, Bârlad sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 14.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Bârlad's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bârlad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
4:43 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Bârlad is locality in Vaslui County, Romania.

Founded
1401

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bârlad reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Bârlad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bârlad weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°336.24.58.80.0
Feb / -3°2963.6100.1
Mar10° / 398.12.311.62.1
Apr16° / 4790.213.35.1
May22° / 11°5810.5014.76.6
Jun26° / 16°7010.4015.56.7
Jul28° / 17°659.4015.26.4
Aug28° / 17°436.60146.9
Sep22° / 12°466.2012.37.4
Oct16° / 456010.75.3
Nov / 375.71.59.21.7
Dec / -3°376.53.78.50.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bârlad gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of May to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 72 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:04 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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514.34:587:14
614.34:567:16
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.67 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Bârlad?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Bârlad for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bârlad in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Bârlad sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bârlad in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bârlad peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bârlad?

Bârlad sits at 46.2°N, 27.7°E, 70 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Adjud, 40 km away.

VasluiTecuciCahulHuşiBacăuFocșaniComrat

Topography around Bârlad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bârlad.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bârlad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 148 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 978 m.

The land around Bârlad is covered by cropland (33%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (52%), trees (24%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

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16 km
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978 m
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May weather nearby: Adjud 40 km · Vaslui 45 km · Tecuci 46 km · Cahul 54 km · Huşi 58 km · Bacău 69 km · Focșani 70 km · Comrat 76 km

Romania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 44% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$22,538
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
82%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
10.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 605
Religion
Romanian Orthodox 85%other 5%Roman Catholic 5%Reformed 3%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bârlad (46.2317°, 27.6691°, elevation 70 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).