When to go · Bucharest
Bucharest in May
Great month. Warm and green; good month.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 23° / 11°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 12
- Crowds
- Medium
- Romania overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Romania overall
Verdict
Warm and green; good month.
Weather in May
- BucharestHighs around 23 °C, lows around 11 °C, rain on about 12 days
- Bucharest and the southern plain, Romania · Bucharest, Wallachia, Craiova, the Danube townsbest weather
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.
Labour Day
1 May · Citywide
Public holiday; many locals leave the city for a long weekend.
București Jazz Festival and other spring festivals check
Variable, spring · Various venues
Concerts add evening options; check current listings.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Romania overall
- Medium
- Prices · Romania overall
- Medium
Romania overall: One of the best months: mild in Transylvania, birds in the Danube Delta, long weekends on 1 May and 1 June fill mountain resorts.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast