Râmnicu Sărat weather in May

In May, Râmnicu Sărat sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 67 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 14.7 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 30% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Râmnicu Sărat's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Râmnicu Sărat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 42 min; 4:48 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Râmnicu Sărat is locality in Buzău County, Romania.

Air quality: Good; PM10 21.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1439

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Râmnicu Sărat reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°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 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	23	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	24	14

How May really feels in Râmnicu Sărat

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Râmnicu Sărat 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -4°	40	6.8	5	8.9	0.0
Feb	5° / -2°	36	6.2	4.3	10.1	0.2
Mar	10° / 1°	47	8.3	3.1	11.6	2.3
Apr	16° / 6°	55	9.8	0.5	13.2	4.9
May	22° / 11°	67	11.1	0	14.7	6.5
Jun	26° / 16°	81	11.8	0	15.4	6.5
Jul	28° / 17°	76	9.9	0	15.1	6.3
Aug	28° / 17°	51	7.7	0	13.9	6.7
Sep	23° / 12°	55	6.8	0	12.3	7.3
Oct	16° / 7°	56	6.5	0.2	10.7	5.4
Nov	9° / 2°	44	6.6	1.9	9.3	2.0
Dec	4° / -2°	47	6.8	4.1	8.6	0.0

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 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	51	50	50	49	50	50	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53
Cloudier (%)	49	49	50	50	51	50	50	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Râmnicu Sărat gets around 67 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	97	97	96	96	95	95	94	93	92	91	90	89	87	86	84	83	81	80	78	76	75	73	71	70	68	67	65	63
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	22	23	24	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	89	11	0
16	87	13	0
17	86	14	0
18	84	16	0
19	83	17	0
20	81	19	0
21	80	20	0
22	78	22	0
23	76	23	1
24	75	24	1
25	73	26	1
26	71	27	2
27	70	28	2
28	68	29	3
29	67	30	3
30	65	31	4
31	63	32	5

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
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25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of May to 15 h 12 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 4:34 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:34
Sunset (PM)	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	5:08	7:10
2	14.1	5:07	7:11
3	14.1	5:05	7:12
4	14.2	5:04	7:14
5	14.2	5:02	7:15
6	14.3	5:01	7:16
7	14.3	4:59	7:17
8	14.3	4:58	7:19
9	14.4	4:57	7:20
10	14.4	4:55	7:21
11	14.5	4:54	7:22
12	14.5	4:53	7:24
13	14.6	4:51	7:25
14	14.6	4:50	7:26
15	14.6	4:49	7:27
16	14.7	4:48	7:28
17	14.7	4:47	7:30
18	14.8	4:45	7:31
19	14.8	4:44	7:32
20	14.8	4:43	7:33
21	14.9	4:42	7:34
22	14.9	4:41	7:35
23	14.9	4:40	7:36
24	15.0	4:39	7:37
25	15.0	4:39	7:38
26	15.0	4:38	7:39
27	15.1	4:37	7:40
28	15.1	4:36	7:41
29	15.1	4:35	7:42
30	15.1	4:35	7:43
31	15.2	4:34	7:44

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 1.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Râmnicu Sărat?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Râmnicu Sărat for sightseeing.

What to pack for Râmnicu Sărat in May

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

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

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Râmnicu Sărat 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 Râmnicu Sărat peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	7	6	8	8	8	6	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Râmnicu Sărat?

Râmnicu Sărat sits at 45.4°N, 27.1°E, 130 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Buzău, 31 km away.

Topography around Râmnicu Sărat

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Râmnicu Sărat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 588 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,770 m.

The land around Râmnicu Sărat is covered by cropland (44%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

cropland 44%

16 km

588 m

cropland 58%

80 km

1,770 m

cropland 51%

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← April Râmnicu Sărat year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Buzău 31 km · Focșani 37 km · Tecuci 60 km · Mizil 62 km · Brăila 73 km · Galaţi 78 km · Adjud 80 km · Urziceni 81 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

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 Râmnicu Sărat (45.3833°, 27.05°, elevation 130 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	23	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	89	11	0
16	87	13	0
17	86	14	0
18	84	16	0
19	83	17	0
20	81	19	0
21	80	20	0
22	78	22	0
23	76	23	1
24	75	24	1
25	73	26	1
26	71	27	2
27	70	28	2
28	68	29	3
29	67	30	3
30	65	31	4
31	63	32	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	23	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	89	11	0
16	87	13	0
17	86	14	0
18	84	16	0
19	83	17	0
20	81	19	0
21	80	20	0
22	78	22	0
23	76	23	1
24	75	24	1
25	73	26	1
26	71	27	2
27	70	28	2
28	68	29	3
29	67	30	3
30	65	31	4
31	63	32	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	10
5	20	10
6	20	10
7	21	10
8	21	10
9	21	10
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	22	11
16	22	11
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	23	12
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	50	50
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	49	51
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	51	49
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	31
3	31
4	32
5	32
6	33
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	35
11	36
12	36
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	38
17	38
18	38
19	38
20	38
21	38
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	38
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	98	2	0
2	98	2	0
3	98	2	0
4	97	3	0
5	97	3	0
6	96	4	0
7	96	4	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	94	6	0
11	93	7	0
12	92	8	0
13	91	9	0
14	90	10	0
15	89	11	0
16	87	13	0
17	86	14	0
18	84	16	0
19	83	17	0
20	81	19	0
21	80	20	0
22	78	22	0
23	76	23	1
24	75	24	1
25	73	26	1
26	71	27	2
27	70	28	2
28	68	29	3
29	67	30	3
30	65	31	4
31	63	32	5