Climate averages 1991–2020
Arad weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: 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 Arad: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Timişoara (48 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Arad, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Arad ranks joint 5th of 27 for the warmest January highs and joint 13th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Arad is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Arad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 47 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 58 | 10.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 78 | 11.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 65 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 58 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 50 | 8.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 51 | 8.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 4.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 50 | 9.3 | 8.79 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Timişoara in JanuaryRomania · 48 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Szeged in JanuaryHungary · 90 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 106 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Reşiţa in JanuaryRomania · 108 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in JanuarySerbia · 115 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Subotica in JanuarySerbia · 127 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Szolnok in JanuaryHungary · 140 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 34 mm rain
- Kecskemét in JanuaryHungary · 148 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -2.8°C · 34 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 Arad) is explained once on the Arad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.