Rădăuți weather in May

In May, Rădăuți sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 78 mm of rain across 12.8 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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Rădăuți's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rădăuți's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:45 AM – 7:41 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Rădăuți is locality in Suceava County, Romania.

Founded
1393

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 Rădăuți reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Rădăuți

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.

Rădăuți 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°286.96.48.60.0
Feb / -5°307.46.39.90.0
Mar / -1°5010.85.311.61.1
Apr14° / 6211.71.513.43.9
May20° / 7812.8014.95.8
Jun23° / 13°10313.9015.76.2
Jul25° / 14°10513.3015.46.4
Aug25° / 14°7610.8014.16.9
Sep20° / 589.1012.46.3
Oct14° / 498.10.710.64.2
Nov / -0°357.13.69.11.1
Dec / -4°357.96.28.30.0

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 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
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64654
74555
84456
94456
104357
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Rădăuți gets around 78 mm of rain over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
336
436
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737
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1139
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1441
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2746
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3145

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 (%)
110000
210000
39910
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119730
129640
139550
149550
159460
169370
179280
189190
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2090100
2189110
2288120
2387130
2486140
2585150
2683161
2782171
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

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:07 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 7:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:077:20
214.35:057:21
314.35:047:23
414.45:027:24
514.45:017:26
614.54:597:27
714.54:577:28
814.64:567:30
914.64:547:31
1014.74:537:33
1114.74:517:34
1214.84:507:35
1314.84:497:37
1414.84:477:38
1514.94:467:39
1614.94:457:41
1715.04:437:42
1815.04:427:43
1915.14:417:44
2015.14:407:46
2115.14:397:47
2215.24:387:48
2315.24:367:49
2415.24:357:50
2515.34:347:52
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2715.44:337:54
2815.44:327:55
2915.44:317:56
3015.44:307:57
3115.54:297:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Rădăuți

In seasonPeak

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

Rădăuți'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 Rădăuți?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
2.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Rădăuți for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rădăuți in May

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

In May, Rădăuți sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Rădăuți 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 Rădăuți peaks around July 17 at about 7 (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 Rădăuți?

Rădăuți sits at 47.9°N, 25.9°E, 368 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Gura Humorului, 33 km away.

Câmpulung MoldovenescChernivtsiFălticeniBotoşaniVatra Dornei

Topography around Rădăuți

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rădăuți has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 373 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,842 m.

The land around Rădăuți is covered by cropland (56%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
584 m
80 km
1,842 m
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May weather nearby: Gura Humorului 33 km · Suceava 35 km · Dorohoi 38 km · Câmpulung Moldovenesc 44 km · Chernivtsi 49 km · Fălticeni 53 km · Botoşani 57 km · Vatra Dornei 69 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 Rădăuți (47.85°, 25.9167°, elevation 368 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).