Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet 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 Ploieşti: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (58 km away). In January its highs average 2.8°C, about as warm as Ploieşti, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks 11th of 27 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Ploieşti is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 37 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
Ploieşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 49 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 77 | 12.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 72 | 9.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 57 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 49 | 7.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | 4.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 49 | 7.5 | 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
- Bucharest in JanuaryRomania · 58 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Buzău in JanuaryRomania · 68 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Braşov in JanuaryRomania · 84 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Piteşti in JanuaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Ruse in JanuaryBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JanuaryRomania · 131 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Brăila in JanuaryRomania · 158 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Galaţi in JanuaryRomania · 168 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 33 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 Ploieşti) is explained once on the Ploieşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.