Climate averages 1991–2020
Baia Mare weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate 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 Baia Mare: daytime highs average 1.7°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Satu Mare (55 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, about as warm as Baia Mare, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Baia Mare ranks joint 21st of 27 for the warmest January highs and 27th of 27 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Baia Mare is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 3.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 71 mm to 69 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
Baia Mare 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-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 71 | 11.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.8°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 69 | 11.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 80 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 12.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 111 | 15.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 120 | 15.2 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 119 | 15.4 | 15.616 h |
| August | 25.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 87 | 12.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 91 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 89 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 | 10.9 | 9.49 h |
| December | 3.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 84 | 11.9 | 8.59 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
- Satu Mare in JanuaryRomania · 55 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Bistriţa in JanuaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.7°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Cluj-Napoca in JanuaryRomania · 99 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Mukachevo in JanuaryUkraine · 108 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 142 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in JanuaryHungary · 142 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in JanuaryUkraine · 143 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Târgu Mureş in JanuaryRomania · 145 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 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 Baia Mare) is explained once on the Baia Mare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.