Oradea weather in May

In May, Oradea sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 68 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 14.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 Oradea's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oradea's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
68 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 48 min
5:03 AM – 7:54 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Oradea is locality in Bihor County, Romania.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17.4 µg/m³ · 2018

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 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Oradea 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 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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

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.

Oradea 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 / -3°459.64.88.70.0
Feb / -2°489.94.3100.3
Mar11° / 539.91.911.62.7
Apr17° / 6110.60.313.35.3
May22° / 11°6811.4014.86.4
Jun25° / 15°8412.2015.66.5
Jul28° / 16°7910.8015.36.4
Aug28° / 16°608.40146.6
Sep23° / 12°658.4012.47.0
Oct17° / 599.1010.65.4
Nov10° / 549.21.39.12.3
Dec / -1°599.93.48.40.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Oradea gets around 68 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
131
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431
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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 79% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29550
39460
49460
59370
69370
79280
89190
990100
1090100
1189110
1287121
1386131
1484151
1583161
1682171
1779192
1878202
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2074233
2173243
2271263
2369274
2468284
2565305
2664315
2762326
2860337
2959347
3057358
3155369

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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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 5:25 AM to 4:48 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 8:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:257:34
214.25:237:35
314.35:227:37
414.35:207:38
514.35:197:40
614.45:177:41
714.45:167:42
814.55:147:44
914.55:137:45
1014.65:117:46
1114.65:107:48
1214.75:087:49
1314.75:077:50
1414.85:067:51
1514.85:047:53
1614.85:037:54
1714.95:027:55
1814.95:017:56
1915.05:007:58
2015.04:587:59
2115.04:578:00
2215.14:568:01
2315.14:558:02
2415.24:548:04
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2615.24:528:06
2715.34:528:07
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2915.34:508:09
3015.34:498:10
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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 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Oradea?

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
4.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Oradea for sightseeing.

What to pack for Oradea in May

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

In May, Oradea 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 Oradea 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 Oradea peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 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 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Oradea 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 Oradea is worst in June — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 12 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Oradea's WHO annual average of 17.4 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1622 µg/m³Dec 1513 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Oradea?

Oradea sits at 47.0°N, 21.9°E, 126 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Salonta, 34 km away.

DebrecenHajdúszoboszlóGyulaBékésPüspökladányŞimleu SilvanieiBékéscsaba

Topography around Oradea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oradea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,753 m.

The land around Oradea is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (48%), trees (22%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%), trees (28%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
253 m
80 km
1,753 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Salonta 34 km · Debrecen 58 km · Hajdúszoboszló 60 km · Gyula 65 km · Békés 67 km · Püspökladány 68 km · Şimleu Silvaniei 70 km · Békéscsaba 74 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 Oradea (47.0458°, 21.9183°, elevation 126 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).