Fălticeni weather in May

In May, Fălticeni sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 73 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Fălticeni's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fălticeni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:44 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Fălticeni is locality in Suceava County, Romania.

Founded
1435

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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Fălticeni reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2187
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How May really feels in Fălticeni

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.

Fălticeni 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 / -6°287.16.38.70.0
Feb / -5°296.85.99.90.0
Mar / -1°4710.95.111.61.2
Apr14° / 6010.91.313.34.1
May20° / 7312.2014.95.9
Jun23° / 13°9713.4015.76.3
Jul25° / 15°9912.8015.46.5
Aug25° / 14°7010014.17.0
Sep20° / 10°578.9012.46.4
Oct14° / 487.50.510.64.3
Nov / -0°356.93.49.11.1
Dec / -4°357.65.78.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
24951
34852
44852
54753
64654
74654
84654
94456
104456
114456
124456
134456
144456
154456
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Fălticeni gets around 73 mm of rain over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
233
333
433
534
634
735
835
936
1037
1138
1238
1339
1439
1540
1640
1741
1841
1941
2042
2142
2243
2343
2443
2543
2643
2743
2843
2943
3043
3143

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 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59910
69820
79820
89820
99730
109730
119640
129640
139550
149460
159370
169370
179280
189190
1990100
2089110
2188120
2287130
2386140
2485150
2584160
2684160
2783170
2881181
2980191
3079201
3177212

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 24 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 5:07 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:077:17
214.25:057:19
314.35:037:20
414.35:027:22
514.45:007:23
614.44:587:24
714.54:577:26
814.54:557:27
914.64:547:28
1014.64:527:30
1114.74:517:31
1214.74:507:33
1314.84:487:34
1414.84:477:35
1514.84:467:36
1614.94:447:38
1714.94:437:39
1815.04:427:40
1915.04:417:41
2015.14:407:43
2115.14:387:44
2215.14:377:45
2315.24:367:46
2415.24:357:47
2515.24:347:49
2615.34:337:50
2715.34:337:51
2815.34:327:52
2915.44:317:53
3015.44:307:54
3115.44:297:55

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.3Bright
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275.4Bright
285.5Bright
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Fălticeni

In seasonPeak

In May, Fălticeni sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Fălticeni's rainy season runs March–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Fălticeni?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Fălticeni for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fălticeni in May

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

In May, Fălticeni sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Fălticeni 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 Fălticeni peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fălticeni?

Fălticeni sits at 47.5°N, 26.3°E, 307 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Suceava, 21 km away.

BotoşaniRădăuțiCâmpulung MoldovenescDorohoi

Topography around Fălticeni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fălticeni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 345 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 441 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,827 m.

The land around Fălticeni is covered by grassland (30%), cropland (27%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (42%), grassland (28%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (42%), cropland (36%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
441 m
80 km
1,827 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Suceava 21 km · Târgu Neamţ 28 km · Gura Humorului 32 km · Paşcani 39 km · Botoşani 43 km · Rădăuți 53 km · Câmpulung Moldovenesc 56 km · Dorohoi 56 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 Fălticeni (47.45°, 26.3°, elevation 307 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).