The Banat	Bucharest	The coast	The mountains
January	-2 (28)	-3 (26)	-1 (31)	1 (34)
February	1 (34)	-1 (31)	1 (34)	1 (34)
March	5 (41)	4 (40)	3 (39)	6 (42)
April	11 (52)	11 (52)	13 (55)	11 (52)
May	16 (61)	17 (62)	19 (66)	16 (61)
June	20 (67)	21 (69)	24 (75)	19 (66)
July	20 (67)	23 (71)	26 (79)	21 (69)
August	18 (65)	22 (70)	26 (79)	21 (69)
September	18 (65)	18 (65)	22 (70)	18 (65)
October	12 (53)	12 (53)	17 (62)	13 (55)
November	6 (43)	5 (41)	11 (52)	7 (45)
December	1 (34)	1 (34)	6 (43)	2 (36)

These are average temperatures - they can rise or fall 5°C (10°F) at midday or nightfall. Spring is short and changeable; brief showers or thunderstorms are common in the Carpathiana during summer, whereas the Banat and Wallachian lowlands are prone to drought. In winter a strong, icy wind (the crivat ) sweeps down from Russia and snow blankets most of Romania.