Climate averages 1991–2020
Braşov weather
in January.
A cold month with light 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 Braşov: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -5.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (84 km away). In January its highs average 3.2°C, 1.3°C warmer than Braşov, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Braşov ranks 19th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 27 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Braşov is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 3.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 36 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
Braşov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.9°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 51 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 11.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 90 | 14.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 95 | 13.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 91 | 12.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 74 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.6°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 9.510 h |
| December | 3.1°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 43 | 8.5 | 8.89 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
- Ploieşti in JanuaryRomania · 84 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Piteşti in JanuaryRomania · 106 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Buzău in JanuaryRomania · 111 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Sibiu in JanuaryRomania · 114 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JanuaryRomania · 114 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in JanuaryRomania · 128 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 141 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Bacău in JanuaryRomania · 144 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 30 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 Braşov) is explained once on the Braşov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.