Climate averages 1991–2020
Bistriţa weather
in October.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a cool month in Bistriţa: daytime highs average 13.9°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (66 km away). In October its highs average 15.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bistriţa, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bistriţa ranks 25th of 27 for the warmest October highs and joint 23rd of 27 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 27 cities is 15.5°C; Bistriţa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Târgu Mureş in OctoberRomania · 66 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in OctoberRomania · 80 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Baia Mare in OctoberRomania · 91 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in OctoberRomania · 141 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Suceava in OctoberRomania · 143 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Satu Mare in OctoberRomania · 144 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Sibiu in OctoberRomania · 151 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Chernivtsi in OctoberUkraine · 167 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 45 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.