Sibiu weather by month

The best time to visit Sibiu is June, August and September — 93/100 in September, 24°C and 7 rainy days. The best season is summer, June to August (87/100 on average).

The worst month is January at 48/100 — cold, dry, clean air. See January →

Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Romania →

Sibiu🇷🇴 Romania · Balkans · City93
  1. 48Jan
  2. 62Feb
  3. 71Mar
  4. 80Apr
  5. 86May
  6. 87Jun
  7. 84Jul
  8. 89Aug
  9. 93Sep
  10. 76Oct
  11. 64Nov
  12. 53Dec

Best season: June to August (87/100 on average) · worst January (48/100)

Days
24°C
Nights
10°C
Wet days
7
Sun
9.7 h
Humidity
74%
Daylight
13 h
Sibiu, Romania
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Sibiu, month by month

Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Sibiu 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
Jan48F4°C6 d6 hBusy1
Feb62C8°C4 d7 hQuiet—
Mar71B12°C7 d8 hShoulder—
Apr80A17°C8 d10 hBusy1
May86A21°C10 d11 hShoulder1
Jun87A26°C10 d13 hBusy2
Jul84A28°C9 d13 hBusy3
Aug89A29°C6 d12 hBusy2
Sep93S24°C7 d10 hBusy2
Oct76B17°C6 d8 hShoulder2
Nov64C11°C7 d6 hBusy1
Dec53D5°C6 d5 hBusy1

What's on in Sibiu through the year

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

April
  • Orthodox Easter10–13 AprHoliday
June
  • Sibiu Theatre Festival19–28 JunFestival
  • Transfagarasan road open25 Jun – 31 Oct (usually)Opening
July
  • ARTmania festival24–25 JulFestival
September
  • Sibiu Music Festival5–20 Sep (usually)Festival
October
  • Astra Film Festival17–25 OctFestival
November
  • Sibiu Christmas Market14 Nov – 4 Jan (usually)Festival

Everything on in Sibiu through the year →

Crowds in Sibiu 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.

BusySibiu Music Festival, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)

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Good to know before you go to Sibiu

Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.

Customs & etiquette

A guide to Sibiu explains the city's "City with Eyes" nickname: the Baroque eyebrow dormers built into many rooftops look like eyes peering out from half-open eyelids, though they're actually functional ventilation shafts rather than any deliberate watching-you effect. Their timing tip: visit during September's "Sibiu Days" festival for genuinely perfect weather, noticeably fewer crowds than summer, and free cultural events throughout the city, a better window than the busier June International Theatre Festival if crowds matter more to you than the performances.
Adventurous Miriam · Read the original ↗

Traveller notes on Sibiu

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

Forum posters cite mid-March temperatures across Romania typically ranging 5-15C, with daytime highs occasionally reaching 20C depending on region and exact timing, and snowfall relatively unlikely at lower elevations outside the mountains, though a trip up into the mountains themselves in early March is likely to still be genuinely cold. One visitor's March 2022 Sibiu trip specifically described walking through residential streets and a large park dusted with a fine, recent snowfall. Posters recommend layered clothing given how much temperatures can vary within the same day and across different parts of Transylvania. Posters generally rate March as a workable, if still cool and occasionally snow-dusted, time to visit Sibiu, with the medieval old town and Astra open-air museum both viable regardless.
Tripadvisor community · March · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗
Forum posters describe September as still summer-like around the Fagaras mountains near Sibiu - balmy days with somewhat chillier nights, and if the weather cooperates, most of the day can be spent outside in shirt sleeves. Early September gets the best odds; by late September into early October, conditions are still called nice but with a real uptick in rain chances and cooler air. Rain gear and layers are the standard packing advice regardless of exact dates. For the visit itself, posters recommend about two days in Sibiu's old quarter and museums, with day trips out to the nearby fortified-church German villages as the natural add-on.
Tripadvisor community · September · 1 month ago · Read more on Tripadvisor ↗

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