Gura Humorului weather in May

In May, Gura Humorului sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 92 mm of precipitation across 13.9 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Gura Humorului's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gura Humorului's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
92 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:46 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
64%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Gura Humorului is locality in Suceava County, Romania.

Founded
1490

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 17°C in the first days to 20°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gura Humorului reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1176
2176
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How May really feels in Gura Humorului

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.

Gura Humorului weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -7°297.27.18.70.0
Feb / -6°317.27.29.90.0
Mar / -2°5411.66.611.60.8
Apr13° / 7112.62.413.33.4
May18° / 9213.90.114.95.4
Jun22° / 12°12115.8015.75.7
Jul24° / 13°12415.2015.46.2
Aug23° / 13°9412.5014.16.6
Sep19° / 6610.20.112.45.9
Oct13° / 528.51.210.63.8
Nov / -1°367.54.19.10.9
Dec / -5°378.36.78.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24555
34555
44555
54456
64456
74456
84357
94258
104258
114159
124060
134060
144159
154060
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gura Humorului gets around 92 mm of rain and snow over 13.9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 45% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
340
440
540
641
741
842
942
1043
1143
1244
1344
1444
1545
1645
1746
1846
1946
2047
2147
2248
2348
2448
2549
2649
2750
2850
2950
3050
3150

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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
110000
210000
310000
410000
59910
69910
79910
89910
99910
109820
119820
129820
139730
149730
159640
169640
179550
189460
199460
209370
219280
229280
239190
2490100
2589110
2689110
2788120
2887130
2986140
3084151
3183161

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
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319calm

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 5:08 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:087:19
214.25:067:21
314.35:057:22
414.35:037:23
514.45:017:25
614.45:007:26
714.54:587:28
814.54:577:29
914.64:557:30
1014.64:547:32
1114.74:527:33
1214.74:517:34
1314.84:507:36
1414.84:487:37
1514.94:477:38
1614.94:467:40
1714.94:447:41
1815.04:437:42
1915.04:427:43
2015.14:417:45
2115.14:407:46
2215.14:397:47
2315.24:387:48
2415.24:377:49
2515.24:367:51
2615.34:357:52
2715.34:347:53
2815.34:337:54
2915.44:327:55
3015.44:317:56
3115.44:317:57

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.08 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Gura Humorului

In seasonPeak

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

Gura Humorului's rainy season runs April–September, 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 Gura Humorului?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gura Humorului for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gura Humorului in May

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

In May, Gura Humorului sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 8°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gura Humorului in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gura Humorului 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gura Humorului?

Gura Humorului sits at 47.5°N, 25.9°E, 463 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Câmpulung Moldovenesc, 25 km away.

Vatra DorneiTârgu NeamţDorohoiBotoşani

Topography around Gura Humorului

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gura Humorului has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m around an average of 579 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 825 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,153 m.

The land around Gura Humorului is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
434 m
16 km
825 m
80 km
2,153 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Câmpulung Moldovenesc 25 km · Suceava 28 km · Fălticeni 32 km · Rădăuți 33 km · Vatra Dornei 46 km · Târgu Neamţ 52 km · Dorohoi 58 km · Botoşani 62 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 Gura Humorului (47.55°, 25.9°, elevation 463 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).