When to go · Bucharest
Bucharest in April
Good month. Warm; terraces open.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Good
- Temperature
- 18° / 6°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Medium
- Romania overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Romania overall
Verdict
Warm; terraces open.
Weather in April
- BucharestHighs around 18 °C, lows around 6 °C, rain on about 10 days
- Bucharest and the southern plain, Romania · Bucharest, Wallachia, Craiova, the Danube townsfine
Continental: summers regularly reach 35–40 °C and winters bring snow and –10 °C cold snaps. May–June and September–October are the comfortable windows.
Spring season
Terraces reopen, Cișmigiu's flower beds bloom, and the weather is mild for walking between clusters.
Watch: Orthodox Easter closures; a rainy week is common.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Orthodox Easter (Paștele) check
Date varies yearly; often later than Western Easter · Citywide, especially churches
A long family weekend; many restaurants and shops close for a day or two, and midnight Saturday services fill churches with candlelit processions.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Romania overall
- Medium
- Prices · Romania overall
- Medium
Romania overall: Spring blossom and green hills; Orthodox Easter (often April) brings services, painted eggs and closures over the long weekend.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast