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About
Craiova is the largest city in southwestern Romania, the seventh largest city in the country and the capital of Dolj County, situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Craiova, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Craiova
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
22° / 9°
UV High
Sat
Thunderstorm
23° / 13°
6.0 mm
UV High
Sun
Rain
16° / 12°
3.4 mm
Mon
Overcast
19° / 11°
UV High
Tue
Overcast
22° / 11°
UV High
Wed
Overcast
22° / 12°
UV Moderate
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 2°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
14.7h
05:58 – 20:43local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Craiova
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Craiova International Airport (CRA) at 6 km.
Getting around Craiova
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.