Climate averages 1991–2020

Buzău weather
in January.

A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 3.4°C Daytime mean, January
Average low -3.9°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 36 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Buzău · average highYear overview

January is a cold month in Buzău: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ploieşti (68 km away). In January its highs average 3.2°C, about as warm as Buzău, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Buzău ranks joint 8th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Buzău is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 33 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Buzău climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Buzău, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 3.4°C-3.9°C-3.9°C366.49.29 h
February 5.9°C-2.8°C-2.8°C335.810.410 h
March 10.7°C0.7°C0.7°C457.811.912 h
April 16.6°C5.7°C5.7°C5610.313.513 h
May 22.0°C11.3°C11.3°C7512.714.815 h
June 25.9°C15.6°C15.6°C8312.715.616 h
July 28.2°C17.9°C17.9°C7610.715.315 h
August 28.2°C17.9°C17.9°C488.214.114 h
September 22.6°C12.9°C12.9°C537.012.613 h
October 16.4°C7.5°C7.5°C506.411.011 h
November 9.8°C2.3°C2.3°C426.69.610 h
December 4.6°C-2.3°C-2.3°C436.58.89 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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

Distance from Buzău

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Buzău) is explained once on the Buzău year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.