Târgu Jiu weather in April

In April, Târgu Jiu sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 69 mm of precipitation across 10.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of April to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Târgu Jiu's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Târgu Jiu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 69 mm; 10.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:49 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Târgu Jiu is census locality in Gorj County, Romania.

Air quality: Good; PM10 26.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1406

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical April day in Târgu Jiu reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 5°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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

How April really feels in Târgu Jiu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Târgu Jiu weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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°	55	8.8	6.3	9	0.0
Feb	6° / -3°	51	8.8	5.2	10.1	0.5
Mar	11° / 1°	62	9.5	3	11.6	2.8
Apr	16° / 6°	69	10.3	0.2	13.2	5.1
May	21° / 10°	78	10.9	0	14.6	6.4
Jun	25° / 14°	76	9.9	0	15.4	7.0
Jul	27° / 15°	64	7.9	0	15.1	7.1
Aug	27° / 15°	53	7.2	0	13.9	7.3
Sep	22° / 11°	66	7.9	0	12.3	7.2
Oct	16° / 6°	70	9.1	0.1	10.7	5.2
Nov	9° / 2°	69	9.6	2.1	9.3	2.0
Dec	4° / -2°	70	10	4.7	8.6	0.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

	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
Clearer (%)	47	47	48	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	45	44	44	45	46	46	48	49	50	52	53	53	54	54	54	55	54	54	53
Cloudier (%)	53	53	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	55	56	56	55	54	54	52	51	50	48	47	47	46	46	46	45	46	46	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Târgu Jiu gets around 69 mm of rain and snow over 10.3 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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
Rain chance (%)	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31
Snow chance (%)	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	3
3	33	3
4	33	3
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	35	2
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	1
13	37	1
14	38	1
15	38	1
16	38	1
17	38	1
18	37	1
19	37	1
20	36	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	34	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	32	0
27	32	0
28	32	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% 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
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	97
Comfortable (%)	0	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	1	2	2	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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
Wind speed (km/h)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 90 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 5:26 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:23 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
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:35	5:34	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:27	5:26
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:22	7:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:17	6:46
2	12.5	6:15	6:47
3	12.6	6:14	6:48
4	12.6	6:12	6:50
5	12.7	6:10	6:51
6	12.7	6:08	6:52
7	12.8	6:06	6:53
8	12.8	6:04	6:55
9	12.9	6:02	6:56
10	12.9	6:00	6:57
11	13.0	5:58	6:59
12	13.1	5:57	7:00
13	13.1	5:55	7:01
14	13.2	5:53	7:02
15	13.2	5:51	7:04
16	13.3	5:49	7:05
17	13.3	5:47	7:06
18	13.4	5:46	7:08
19	13.4	5:44	7:09
20	13.5	5:42	7:10
21	13.5	5:40	7:11
22	13.6	5:39	7:13
23	13.6	5:37	7:14
24	13.7	5:35	7:15
25	13.7	5:34	7:16
26	13.8	5:32	7:18
27	13.8	5:30	7:19
28	13.9	5:29	7:20
29	13.9	5:27	7:22
30	14.0	5:26	7:23

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 4.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Târgu Jiu?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Târgu Jiu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Târgu Jiu in April

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

In April, Târgu Jiu sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Târgu Jiu in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Târgu Jiu peaks around July 14 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 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	8	6	8	8	8	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Târgu Jiu?

Târgu Jiu sits at 45.0°N, 23.3°E, 212 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Lupeni, 35 km away.

Topography around Târgu Jiu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Târgu Jiu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 228 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,015 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,452 m.

The land around Târgu Jiu is covered by grassland (31%), artificial surfaces (31%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

160 m

grassland 31%

16 km

1,015 m

trees 48%

80 km

2,452 m

trees 65%

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← March Târgu Jiu year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Lupeni 35 km · Motru 37 km · Vulcan 37 km · Petroşani 41 km · Petrila 46 km · Filiaşi 59 km · Drobeta-Turnu Severin 68 km · Hunedoara 83 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 Târgu Jiu (45.05°, 23.2833°, elevation 212 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	14	4
2	14	4
3	14	4
4	14	4
5	15	4
6	15	4
7	15	5
8	15	5
9	15	5
10	15	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	17	6
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	18	7
23	18	7
24	18	7
25	18	7
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	3
3	33	3
4	33	3
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	35	2
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	1
13	37	1
14	38	1
15	38	1
16	38	1
17	38	1
18	37	1
19	37	1
20	36	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	34	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	32	0
27	32	0
28	32	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	3
3	33	3
4	33	3
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	35	2
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	1
13	37	1
14	38	1
15	38	1
16	38	1
17	38	1
18	37	1
19	37	1
20	36	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	34	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	32	0
27	32	0
28	32	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	47	53
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	48	52
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	52	48
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	54	46
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	32	4
2	32	3
3	33	3
4	33	3
5	34	2
6	34	2
7	35	2
8	35	1
9	36	1
10	36	1
11	37	1
12	37	1
13	37	1
14	38	1
15	38	1
16	38	1
17	38	1
18	37	1
19	37	1
20	36	1
21	35	1
22	35	1
23	34	0
24	33	0
25	33	0
26	32	0
27	32	0
28	32	0
29	31	0
30	31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	97	3