Danube Delta

Romania

Europe's best-preserved river delta, a maze of winding canals and reed beds hosting massive bird colonies.

Warmest month is July at 29°C on average. Coolest is January at 5°C. Driest reading falls in August with 2 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January5°±7°4
February7°±7°4
March11°±6°4
April16°±6°6
May21°±5°6
June27°±4°6
July29°±4°4
August29°±3°2
September24°±6°3
October18°±6°4
November12°±7°6
December7°±6°7

What to do

  • Cruise the Sulina branch on a small motorboat
  • Birdwatch for huge flocks of white pelicans at Lake Fortuna
  • Eat traditional fish borscht in the remote village of Crisan

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.