Climate averages 1991–2020
Bistriţa weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Bistriţa: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (66 km away). In February its highs average 4.6°C, 1.5°C warmer than Bistriţa, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bistriţa ranks 25th of 27 for the warmest February highs and 25th of 27 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 27 cities is 4.9°C; Bistriţa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 8.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Bistriţa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 52 | 10.5 | 9.09 h |
| February, selected | 3.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 52 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 66 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 70 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 14.9 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 95 | 14.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 14.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 73 | 11.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 76 | 10.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 69 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 55 | 10.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 64 | 11.0 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Târgu Mureş in FebruaryRomania · 66 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.3°C · 32 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in FebruaryRomania · 80 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Baia Mare in FebruaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in FebruaryRomania · 141 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Suceava in FebruaryRomania · 143 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Satu Mare in FebruaryRomania · 144 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Sibiu in FebruaryRomania · 151 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Chernivtsi in FebruaryUkraine · 167 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 31 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 Bistriţa) is explained once on the Bistriţa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.