Suceava weather in May

In May, Suceava sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 22°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 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 Suceava's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Suceava's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:44 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
61%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Suceava is locality in Suceava County, Romania.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 15.6 µg/m³ · 2017
Founded
1388

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 19°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Suceava reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Suceava

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.

Suceava weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-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°266.75.98.70.0
Feb / -4°297.35.69.90.0
Mar / -0°4510.34.511.61.3
Apr15° / 5710.51.113.34.3
May20° / 10°7112.3014.96.0
Jun24° / 14°9513.5015.76.3
Jul26° / 15°9813.2015.46.3
Aug25° / 14°6710.1014.16.9
Sep20° / 10°568.7012.46.5
Oct14° / 467.70.510.64.4
Nov / 346.53.19.11.1
Dec / -4°337.35.78.30.0

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 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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

Any precipitation

Suceava gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 44% 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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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109640
119640
129550
139460
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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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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 5:06 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 7:18 PM to 7:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.25:067:18
214.25:057:20
314.35:037:21
414.35:017:22
514.45:007:24
614.44:587:25
714.54:577:26
814.54:557:28
914.64:547:29
1014.64:527:31
1114.74:517:32
1214.74:497:33
1314.84:487:35
1414.84:477:36
1514.94:457:37
1614.94:447:39
1715.04:437:40
1815.04:427:41
1915.04:407:42
2015.14:397:44
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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 5.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.39 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Suceava

In seasonPeak

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

Suceava'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 Suceava?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Suceava for sightseeing.

What to pack for Suceava in May

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

In May, Suceava sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Suceava 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 Suceava peaks around July 15 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Suceava 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 Suceava is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Suceava's WHO annual average of 15.6 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJul 1620 µg/m³Dec 1510 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Suceava?

Suceava sits at 47.6°N, 26.3°E, 360 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Fălticeni, 21 km away.

Târgu NeamţCâmpulung MoldovenescPaşcani

Topography around Suceava

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Suceava has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 354 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,821 m.

The land around Suceava is covered by cropland (35%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) within 16 km, and trees (40%), cropland (38%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
160 m
16 km
284 m
80 km
1,821 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Fălticeni 21 km · Gura Humorului 28 km · Botoşani 34 km · Rădăuți 35 km · Dorohoi 37 km · Târgu Neamţ 49 km · Câmpulung Moldovenesc 52 km · Paşcani 56 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 Suceava (47.6333°, 26.25°, elevation 360 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).