Climate averages 1991–2020
Craiova 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.
January is a cold month in Craiova: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Jiu (91 km away). In January its highs average 4.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Craiova, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Craiova ranks 7th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Craiova is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Craiova climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 38 | 6.8 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 33 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 23.1°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 68 | 10.6 | 15.515 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 42 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 49 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 45 | 6.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 42 | 7.0 | 9.710 h |
| December | 4.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 7.1 | 8.99 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
- Târgu Jiu in JanuaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in JanuaryRomania · 97 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JanuaryRomania · 98 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Piteşti in JanuaryRomania · 103 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Pleven in JanuaryBulgaria · 119 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Sibiu in JanuaryRomania · 167 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 180 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 184 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°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 Craiova) is explained once on the Craiova year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.