When to go · Bucharest
Bucharest in September
Great month. Warm and calm; best month for walking.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Great
- Temperature
- 24° / 12°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 7
- Crowds
- Medium
- Romania overall
- Prices
- Medium
- Romania overall
Verdict
Warm and calm; best month for walking.
Weather in September
- BucharestHighs around 24 °C, lows around 12 °C, rain on about 7 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.
Autumn season
The best walking weather: warm days, cool evenings, quieter museums.
Watch: Days shorten quickly through October.
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.
George Enescu International Festival check
Odd-numbered years, about three weeks in late summer · Romanian Athenaeum and other venues
The country's major classical-music festival; book tickets and hotels well ahead.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Romania overall
- Medium
- Prices · Romania overall
- Medium
Romania overall: Warm and settled; grape harvest in the wine regions; still good for hiking and the delta.
What to pack
- A warm layer for the evenings