Romania in April

Spring blossom and green hills; Orthodox Easter (often April) brings services, painted eggs and closures over the long weekend.

• Bucharest and the southern plain · 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.

• Transylvanian towns · Brașov, Sibiu, Sighișoara, Cluj-Napocafine

  Higher and cooler than Bucharest; summer is the easiest season, and the Christmas markets make December worth a cold trip.

• Carpathian mountains · Bucegi, Făgăraș, Piatra Craiului, Retezat, Apusenicool

  Hiking from late June to September; afternoon thunderstorms in summer; ski season December to March at Poiana Brașov and Sinaia. High roads close in winter.

• Black Sea coast and Danube Delta · Constanța, Mamaia, Vama Veche, Tulcea, Sulinafine

  Beach season is late June to early September; the delta is best for birds in May and September, with mosquitoes from June.

• Maramureș and Bucovina · Sighetu Marmației, Suceava, Gura Humoruluifine

  Cold snowy winters and green summers; village festivals and haymaking in July–August; Easter and Christmas customs are strongest here.

• Bucharest18° / 6°, 10 rain days

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 big impact

  Orthodox Good Friday to Easter Monday (30 Apr – 3 May 2027)

  The biggest festival: midnight service with candles, lamb dishes and red eggs; closures from Friday to Monday; trains and buses full.

Crowds · Romania

Medium

Prices · Romania

Medium

• Layers: a fleece or light jacket

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Rated best or good this month

• Bucharest

  Warm; terraces open.