Climate and average weather in Sector 5

In Sector 5, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Sector 5 typically varies from -4°C to 29°C, and is rarely below -13°C or above 34°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Sector 5 for warm-weather activities are from late April to late June and late August to mid October.

Hottest
Aug
29°
Coldest
Jan
-4°
Wettest
Jun
88 mm
Driest
Feb
33 mm
Rain / yr
663 mm
99 wet days
Daylight
8.7–15.3 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
81 m
44.4°N
Clearest
Aug
36% cloud

Sector 5 is sector of Bucharest.

Density
9,052/km²
people per km²

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

Sector 5 weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Sector 5, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.1 months, from May 17 to September 19, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Sector 5 is August, with an average high of 29°C and low of 18°C.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from November 23 to February 25, with daily high temperatures below 8°C. The coldest month of the year in Sector 5 is January, with an average low of -4°C and high of 2°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in August.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2-4
Feb6-2
Mar112
Apr177
May2312
Jun2716
Jul2918
Aug2918
Sep2413
Oct178
Nov103
Dec4-2

How hot and cold Sector 5 really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -9°C (around January 28), with roughly 128 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan22-8-4
Feb66-6-2
Mar1111-12
Apr171757
May23231212
Jun27271616
Jul29291818
Aug29291818
Sep24241313
Oct171768
Nov101003
Dec44-6-2

Average hourly temperature in Sector 5

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 29°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -4°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Sector 5 weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°396.53.890.0
Feb / -2°336.33.110.10.5
Mar11° / 478.42.311.63.0
Apr17° / 579.50.213.25.6
May23° / 12°7011.1014.66.6
Jun27° / 16°8812.5015.36.2
Jul29° / 18°79100155.7
Aug29° / 18°497.5013.86.0
Sep24° / 13°606.3012.37.5
Oct17° / 537.10.210.85.9
Nov10° / 456.81.39.42.3
Dec / -2°446.938.70.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Sector 5 gets about 663 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.2 months, from around Mar 27 to Aug 2, peaking in June at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 12.

June is the wettest month by volume, with 88 mm over about 13 wet days; February is the driest, with 33 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJun 6 · 42%Jan 12 · 19%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan217
Feb236
Mar278
Apr3210
May3711
Jun4113
Jul3210
Aug248
Sep216
Oct237
Nov237
Dec237

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Sector 5 collects about 663 mm of rain across 99 wet days — roughly 55 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. June is the wettest month with 88 mm, while February is the driest at just 33 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec393347577088794960534544
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3974
Feb3363
Mar4782
Apr57100
May70110
Jun88130
Jul79100
Aug4980
Sep6060
Oct5370
Nov4571
Dec4473

Snow in Sector 5

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Sector 5 averages about 14 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 2 to Apr 6 — about 5.1 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 17 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 74 cm of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 28
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan417
Feb317
Mar212
Apr02
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov19
Dec317

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Sector 5, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 30 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around October 7. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 80% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 8 and lasts for 6.6 months, ending around April 27. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 63% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 13 · 82%Dec 1 · 34%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3961
Feb3961
Mar4555
Apr4753
May5248
Jun6436
Jul7723
Aug8020
Sep6535
Oct5248
Nov3961
Dec3763

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 10, brings about 15 h 18 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 8 h 42 min — a swing of roughly 6 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.07:554:55
Feb10.17:265:35
Mar11.66:376:14
Apr13.25:396:53
May14.64:547:29
Jun15.34:367:56
Jul15.04:507:52
Aug13.85:247:16
Sep12.36:016:19
Oct10.86:385:23
Nov9.47:204:42
Dec8.77:524:32

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Sector 5 averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Jun 10 to Oct 14. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is November, down near 9 sunny days — about 54% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 1419 daysNov 258 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May9Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul18Bright
Aug19Bright
Sep14Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov8Mixed
Dec8Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Sector 5, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around May 27 to September 6. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 64% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 7 to May 26, and April is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 6 · 100%Jul 28 · 31%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr973000
May6825700
Jun203137120
Jul102741230
Aug163437122
Sep57311200
Oct899200
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Sector 5 is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 29 · 11 km/hJul 22 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov10calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Sector 5

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Sector 5 throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Sector 5 is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Sector 5 for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late June and again from late August to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 13 · 7.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.5poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr5.5good
May6.6good
Jun6.2good
Jul5.7good
Aug6.1good
Sep7.5good
Oct5.8good
Nov2.3poor
Dec0.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Sector 5 for hot-weather activities is from mid June to mid September, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 19 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Sector 5, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 29°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 2°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Sector 5 sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Sector 5 by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sector 5 peaks around July 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 18UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Sector 5

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar30
Apr73.5
May70.5
Jun84.5
Jul84.5
Aug7.54
Sep5.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Sector 5 by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Sector 5 is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1618 µg/m³Sep 1013 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Sector 5 typically lasts about 274 days, from around March 2 to November 30 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 1 to October 29.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 250%Apr 190%Oct 2990%Nov 3050%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2131
Feb3328
Mar6931
Apr980
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct973
Nov7330
Dec3231

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Sector 5 banks about 1,831 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr69
May233
Jun348
Jul421
Aug420
Sep259
Oct81
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Sector 5 receives about 3.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.3 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Mar 20 to Sep 19. The brightest month is July, averaging about 6.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.3 kWh/m² — roughly 79% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 76.2 kWhDec 91.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan1.6Dim
Feb2.4Moderate
Mar3.6Moderate
Apr4.9Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun6.2Intense
Jul6.2Intense
Aug5.5Bright
Sep4.1Bright
Oct2.6Moderate
Nov1.6Dim
Dec1.3Dim

Where is Sector 5?

Sector 5 sits at 44.4°N, 26.1°E, 81 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Sector 4, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Sector 5

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sector 5.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sector 5 has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 82 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 613 m.

The land around Sector 5 is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
613 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Sector 4 4.0 km · Bucharest 6.0 km · Sector 6 7.0 km · Popeşti-Leordeni 8.0 km · Sector 3 9.0 km · Sector 2 9.0 km · Sector 1 12 km · Pantelimon 12 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 Sector 5 (44.3881°, 26.0714°, elevation 81 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).