Climate averages 1991–2020
Cluj-Napoca weather
in January.
A cold month with light precipitation: the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Cluj-Napoca: daytime highs average 1.7°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (77 km away). In January its highs average 2.0°C, about as warm as Cluj-Napoca, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Cluj-Napoca ranks joint 21st of 27 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 27 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Cluj-Napoca is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 4.1°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 33 mm to 35 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
Cluj-Napoca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 1.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 33 | 8.0 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 35 | 9.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 49 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 67 | 12.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 15.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 107 | 15.9 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 102 | 15.6 | 15.515 h |
| August | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 84 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 71 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 56 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 2.8°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 43 | 8.8 | 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 · 77 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Bistriţa in JanuaryRomania · 80 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.7°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Baia Mare in JanuaryRomania · 99 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Sibiu in JanuaryRomania · 115 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Satu Mare in JanuaryRomania · 128 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 131 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Debrecen in JanuaryHungary · 172 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -3.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Arad in JanuaryRomania · 186 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.5°C · 39 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 Cluj-Napoca) is explained once on the Cluj-Napoca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.