Climate averages 1991–2020
Bălţi weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bălţi: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iaşi (71 km away). In January its highs average 1.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bălţi, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bălţi ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 4 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 1.5°C; Bălţi is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 3.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 28 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bălţi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 28 | 6.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 29 | 6.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 74 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 75 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 7.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 9.39 h |
| December | 2.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 33 | 7.1 | 8.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Iaşi in JanuaryRomania · 71 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -5.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Botoşani in JanuaryRomania · 94 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Chisinau in JanuaryMoldova · 109 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Suceava in JanuaryRomania · 126 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in JanuaryUkraine · 142 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -5.5°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Piatra Neamţ in JanuaryRomania · 153 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Bacău in JanuaryRomania · 153 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Bender in JanuaryMoldova · 156 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bălţi) is explained once on the Bălţi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.