Climate averages 1991–2020
Chisinau weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Chisinau: daytime highs average 1.7°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bender (51 km away). In January its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Chisinau, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Chisinau ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 1.5°C; Chisinau is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 4.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 27 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
Chisinau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 33 | 6.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.2°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 35 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 69 | 10.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 59 | 9.1 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 49 | 6.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 36 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 35 | 6.4 | 8.69 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
- Bender in JanuaryMoldova · 51 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tiraspol in JanuaryMoldova · 61 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Iaşi in JanuaryRomania · 97 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -5.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Bălţi in JanuaryMoldova · 109 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Odesa in JanuaryUkraine · 155 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Bacău in JanuaryRomania · 156 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Botoşani in JanuaryRomania · 185 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 27 mm precipitation
- Galaţi in JanuaryRomania · 186 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 33 mm rain
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 Chisinau) is explained once on the Chisinau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.