Climate averages 1991–2020
Galaţi 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 Galaţi: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 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 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brăila (19 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, about as warm as Galaţi, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Galaţi ranks joint 14th of 27 for the warmest January highs and joint 7th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Galaţi is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 26 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
Galaţi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.8°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 26 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 39 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 43 | 8.2 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 62 | 9.5 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 42 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 35 | 6.0 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 38 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
- Brăila in JanuaryRomania · 19 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Buzău in JanuaryRomania · 100 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Constanţa in JanuaryRomania · 147 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bacău in JanuaryRomania · 153 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Ploieşti in JanuaryRomania · 168 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Chisinau in JanuaryMoldova · 186 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.3°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 189 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Bender in JanuaryMoldova · 190 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 34 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 Galaţi) is explained once on the Galaţi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.