Piteşti weather in May

In May, Piteşti sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 88 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Piteşti's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piteşti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
4:58 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
59%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Piteşti is locality in Argeș County, Romania.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 18.5 µg/m³ · 2017

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 Piteşti 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 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Piteşti

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.

Piteşti 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 / -4°4074.490.0
Feb / -3°376.63.910.10.3
Mar11° / 5092.911.62.7
Apr17° / 6710.50.413.25.1
May22° / 11°8813.7014.66.1
Jun26° / 15°11213.4015.36.3
Jul28° / 16°9311.50156.3
Aug28° / 16°759.1013.96.6
Sep23° / 12°727.5012.37.3
Oct16° / 617.70.210.75.4
Nov / 487.51.79.42.0
Dec / -2°497.53.68.70.0

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 52%.

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

Any precipitation

Piteşti gets around 88 mm of rain over 13.7 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 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29640
39550
49460
59460
69370
79280
89190
990100
1089110
1187121
1285141
1384151
1482171
1580191
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2169283
2266304
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2561345
2658366
2757376
2855387
2953398
3051409
31484110

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 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 hours at the start of May to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 4:45 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:187:17
214.05:177:19
314.15:157:20
414.15:147:21
514.25:127:22
614.25:117:24
714.35:097:25
814.35:087:26
914.35:077:27
1014.45:057:28
1114.45:047:30
1214.55:037:31
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1514.64:597:34
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1714.74:577:37
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1914.74:557:39
2014.84:547:40
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2915.14:467:49
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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 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.08 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.66 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 Piteşti?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Piteşti for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piteşti in May

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

In May, Piteşti sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Piteşti 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 Piteşti 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 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highModerateLowJul 17UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Piteşti 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 Piteşti is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 13 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Piteşti's WHO annual average of 18.5 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1223 µg/m³Dec 1413 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Piteşti?

Piteşti sits at 44.9°N, 24.9°E, 307 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Mioveni, 13 km away.

TârgovişteRâmnicu VâlceaDrăgăşaniSlatinaMoreni

Topography around Piteşti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piteşti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m around an average of 306 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,405 m.

The land around Piteşti is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (29%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
133 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
2,405 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Mioveni 13 km · Curtea de Argeş 35 km · Găeşti 38 km · Târgovişte 47 km · Râmnicu Vâlcea 48 km · Drăgăşani 52 km · Slatina 61 km · Moreni 63 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 Piteşti (44.85°, 24.8667°, 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. 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).