Vişeu de Sus weather in August

In August, Vişeu de Sus sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 120 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vişeu de Sus's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vişeu de Sus's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
10°
11th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
14 h 06 min
5:23 AM – 7:29 PM
Cloud cover
54%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Vişeu de Sus is locality in Maramureș County, Romania.

Founded
1365

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical August day in Vişeu de Sus reaches about 21°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 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Vişeu de Sus

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

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

Vişeu de Sus weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -9°6412.212.88.70.0
Feb-1° / -8°6711.912.19.90.0
Mar / -4°8813.610.211.60.1
Apr10° / 9715.24.713.32.1
May16° / 14619.10.614.93.9
Jun19° / 15419.7015.74.7
Jul21° / 10°15719.4015.45.1
Aug21° / 10°12015.4014.15.8
Sep16° / 10412.70.212.44.7
Oct11° / 9011.82.810.62.5
Nov / -2°7011.779.10.3
Dec-1° / -7°7912.5128.30.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25446
35446
45545
55743
65743
75743
85743
95842
105842
115842
125941
135941
145941
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255446
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275248
285149
295050
304852
314852

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vişeu de Sus gets around 120 mm of rain over 15.4 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
157
256
355
454
553
653
752
851
951
1051
1150
1250
1349
1449
1549
1649
1749
1849
1949
2049
2149
2249
2349
2448
2548
2648
2748
2848
2948
3048
3147

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 62% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
144488
244488
345478
446478
547467
648457
749447
850437
952426
1052426
1154415
1255405
1357394
1458384
1559374
1661363
1762353
1863343
1964333
2067312
2168302
2269292
2371272
2472262
2575241
2677221
2778211
2880191
2982171
3084151
3185141

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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 August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 48 min at the start of August to 13 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:03 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 7:53 PM to 7:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.85:037:53
214.85:057:52
314.75:067:50
414.75:077:49
514.65:097:47
614.65:107:46
714.65:117:44
814.55:137:43
914.55:147:41
1014.45:157:40
1114.45:177:38
1214.35:187:36
1314.35:197:35
1414.25:217:33
1514.25:227:31
1614.15:237:29
1714.05:257:28
1814.05:267:26
1913.95:287:24
2013.95:297:22
2113.85:307:20
2213.85:327:18
2313.75:337:16
2413.75:347:14
2513.65:367:12
2613.65:377:10
2713.55:397:09
2813.45:407:07
2913.45:417:05
3013.35:437:03
3113.35:447:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 4.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.2Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
144.9Bright
154.8Bright
164.8Bright
174.8Bright
184.7Bright
194.7Bright
204.7Bright
214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.2Bright
314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Vişeu de Sus?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Vişeu de Sus for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vişeu de Sus in August

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

In August, Vişeu de Sus sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Vişeu de Sus in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Vişeu de Sus peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vişeu de Sus?

Vişeu de Sus sits at 47.7°N, 24.4°E, 479 m above sea level, in Romania. The nearest listed city is Borşa, 18 km away.

RakhivSighetu MarmaţieiBaia SprieBistriţaBaia MareDejVatra Dornei

Topography around Vişeu de Sus

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vişeu de Sus has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 558 m around an average of 606 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,333 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,122 m.

The land around Vişeu de Sus is covered by trees (63%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
558 m
16 km
1,333 m
80 km
2,122 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Borşa 18 km · Rakhiv 42 km · Sighetu Marmaţiei 48 km · Baia Sprie 55 km · Bistriţa 64 km · Baia Mare 65 km · Dej 75 km · Vatra Dornei 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
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 Vişeu de Sus (47.7079°, 24.4295°, elevation 479 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).