Bucharest in September

Warm and calm; best month for walking.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

No other month rates higher than September for Bucharest in this guide.

• BucharestHighs around 24 °C (75 °F), lows around 12 °C (54 °F), rain on about 7 daysHighs around 75 °F (24 °C), lows around 54 °F (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 (95–104 °F) and winters bring snow and –10 °C (50 °F) cold snaps. May–June and September–October are the comfortable windows.Continental: summers regularly reach 95–104 °F (35–40 °C) and winters bring snow and –50 °F (10 °C) cold snaps. May–June and September–October are the comfortable windows.

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 · 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.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Bucharest, side by side.

• A warm layer for the evenings

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