Iași weather in May

In May, Iași sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 61 mm of rain across 10.4 wet days and about 14.8 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 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 Iași's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Iași's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
61 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:40 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
58%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Iași is city and seat of Iași County in the historical region of Moldavia in north-eastern Romania.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 27 µg/m³ · 2018
Density
4,031/km²
people per km²
Founded
1408

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 Iași 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 28°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 Iași

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.

Iași 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°286.55.18.70.0
Feb / -4°286.13.6100.0
Mar / 368.62.411.61.9
Apr16° / 458.50.313.35.2
May22° / 11°6110.4014.86.7
Jun26° / 15°7510.7015.66.6
Jul28° / 17°7210015.36.4
Aug28° / 16°497.10146.8
Sep22° / 12°507.2012.47.1
Oct15° / 446.40.110.65.1
Nov / 365.92.19.11.5
Dec / -3°357.14.28.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Iași gets around 61 mm of rain over 10.4 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 33% and peaks near 38% 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 84% 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 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 5:02 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:027:12
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314.34:597:14
414.34:577:16
514.44:567:17
614.44:547:18
714.54:527:20
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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 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 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 Iași?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Iași for sightseeing.

What to pack for Iași in May

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

In May, Iași sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Iași 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 Iași peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Iași in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Iași is worst in July — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 19 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Iași's WHO annual average of 27 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1535 µg/m³Dec 1420 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul35Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Iași?

Iași sits at 47.2°N, 27.6°E, 66 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Ungheni, 16 km away.

RomanVasluiBilicenii VechiHuşiPaşcaniBălţiStrășeni

Topography around Iași

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Iași has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 74 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 396 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 583 m.

The land around Iași is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, cropland (38%), trees (29%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%), trees (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

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114 m
16 km
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80 km
583 m
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May weather nearby: Ungheni 16 km · Roman 58 km · Vaslui 60 km · Bilicenii Vechi 64 km · Huşi 65 km · Paşcani 67 km · Bălţi 71 km · Strășeni 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 Iași (47.1667°, 27.6°, elevation 66 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).