Dorohoi weather in May

In May, Dorohoi sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 63 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Dorohoi's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dorohoi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:42 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Dorohoi is locality in Botoșani County, Romania.

Founded
1407

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 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Dorohoi reaches about 21°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 15°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 Dorohoi

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.

Dorohoi weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°266.85.58.60.0
Feb / -4°286.94.89.90.0
Mar / 419.43.311.61.6
Apr16° / 519.80.613.44.8
May21° / 11°6311.3014.96.4
Jun25° / 15°8712.3015.76.5
Jul27° / 16°9111.9015.46.4
Aug26° / 15°619.1014.16.9
Sep21° / 11°568.5012.46.7
Oct15° / 447.20.310.64.6
Nov / 346.22.391.2
Dec / -3°327.24.88.20.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dorohoi gets around 63 mm of rain over 11.3 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 36% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

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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 86% 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 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:05 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:057:18
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514.44:587:24
614.54:577:25
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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 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.47 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 Dorohoi?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Dorohoi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dorohoi in May

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

In May, Dorohoi sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Dorohoi in May

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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 Dorohoi peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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
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Mar3Moderate
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Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
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Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Dorohoi?

Dorohoi sits at 48.0°N, 26.4°E, 151 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Botoşani, 30 km away.

ChernivtsiFălticeniGura HumoruluiEdineţCâmpulung Moldovenesc

Topography around Dorohoi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dorohoi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 180 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 354 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,315 m.

The land around Dorohoi is covered by cropland (43%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (56%), grassland (22%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
354 m
80 km
1,315 m
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May weather nearby: Botoşani 30 km · Suceava 37 km · Rădăuți 38 km · Chernivtsi 51 km · Fălticeni 56 km · Gura Humorului 58 km · Edineţ 71 km · Câmpulung Moldovenesc 78 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 Dorohoi (47.95°, 26.4°, elevation 151 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).