Chișinău (Kishinev) weather by month

The best time to visit Chișinău (Kishinev) is May, June and September — 94/100 in September, 25°C and 6 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (84/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 45/100 — freezing, a little rain, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Chișinău🇲🇩 Moldova · Balkans · City94
  1. 45Jan
  2. 57Feb
  3. 68Mar
  4. 80Apr
  5. 91May
  6. 86Jun
  7. 81Jul
  8. 84Aug
  9. 94Sep
  10. 75Oct
  11. 60Nov
  12. 49Dec

Best season: June to August (84/100 on average) · worst January (45/100)

Days
25°C
Nights
14°C
Wet days
6
Sun
9.4 h
Humidity
60%
Daylight
13 h
Chișinău, Moldova
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Chișinău, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Chișinău is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.

MonthScoreTierHighRainSunCrowdsOn
Jan45F3°C6 d4 hBusy2
Feb57D6°C5 d6 hQuiet1
Mar68C11°C7 d7 hShoulder1
Apr80A17°C8 d10 hBusy1
May91S22°C9 d11 hBusy2
Jun86A28°C10 d12 hBusy1
Jul81A30°C9 d13 hShoulder1
Aug84A30°C5 d12 hBusy2
Sep94S25°C6 d9 hBusy3
Oct75B17°C6 d7 hPeak2
Nov60C9°C7 d4 hShoulder—
Dec49F5°C8 d3 hBusy2

What's on in Chișinău through the year

Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.

February
  • Dragobete24 FebFestival
March
  • Mărțișor1–10 MarFestival
April
  • Orthodox Easter and Blajini5 Apr – 20 May (usually)Holiday
May
  • Green Theatre open-air season29 May – 15 Sep (usually)Opening
August
  • Independence and Limba Noastră26 Aug – 1 SepHoliday
September
  • Chișinău Marathon10–20 Sep (usually)Festival
October
  • National Wine Day3–4 OctFestival
  • Chișinău City Day13–15 OctHoliday
December
  • Christmas market at PMAN1 Dec – 18 Jan (usually)Festival
  • Two Christmases25 Dec – 14 JanHoliday

Everything on in Chișinău through the year →

Crowds in Chișinău in September

How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.

BusyIndependence and Limba Noastră, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet

Traveller notes on Chișinău

What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.

Detailed month-specific weather trip reports for Chișinău are sparse on the forum, with most discussion focused on itineraries and sightseeing - the Nativity Cathedral, Ciuflea Monastery and the city's historical museums come up often - rather than granular weather detail. Posters discussing the broader Moldova region in late winter note that areas farther north can still see heavy snow into early spring, making hiking difficult through snow and ice at that time. Given the thin destination-specific detail for Chișinău itself, this note leans on the well-established regional pattern for this part of Eastern Europe: March marks an early, still-cool transition toward spring, with lingering cold and a real chance of a late snow event, especially compared to the country's northern reaches.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters who've visited Moldova's capital in September describe the weather as beautiful and warm, with one visitor specifically calling out a clean, pleasant atmosphere with no unpleasant smells to contend with while exploring the city. Late summer into early autumn is repeatedly framed as a favorable stretch to visit, following on from what other posters describe as similarly good August conditions. As a smaller, less internationally-documented capital, Chisinau doesn't generate the volume of dedicated weather threads that bigger European cities do, but the visitor consensus across reports from this time of year is consistently positive - pleasant temperatures without the crowds of better-known regional capitals.
Tripadvisor community · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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