Climate averages 1991–2020
Bistriţa weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Bistriţa: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (66 km away). In January its highs average 2.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bistriţa, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bistriţa ranks joint 24th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 27 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Bistriţa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 3.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 52 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
Bistriţa 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-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 52 | 10.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Târgu Mureş in JanuaryRomania · 66 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in JanuaryRomania · 80 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Baia Mare in JanuaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Piatra Neamţ in JanuaryRomania · 141 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Suceava in JanuaryRomania · 143 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Satu Mare in JanuaryRomania · 144 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Sibiu in JanuaryRomania · 151 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Chernivtsi in JanuaryUkraine · 167 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -6.3°C · 27 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 Bistriţa) is explained once on the Bistriţa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.