Climate averages 1991–2020
Satu Mare weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Satu Mare: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -4.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baia Mare (55 km away). In January its highs average 1.7°C, about as warm as Satu Mare, with 71 mm of precipitation.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Satu Mare ranks 17th of 27 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Satu Mare is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 48 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
Satu Mare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.1°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 48 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 51 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 53 | 9.7 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 71 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 12.4 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 62 | 9.6 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 65 | 8.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 63 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 53 | 9.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 3.2°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 59 | 10.0 | 8.58 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
- Baia Mare in JanuaryRomania · 55 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Mukachevo in JanuaryUkraine · 72 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Nyíregyháza in JanuaryHungary · 87 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Debrecen in JanuaryHungary · 97 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -3.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in JanuaryUkraine · 101 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Oradea in JanuaryRomania · 110 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -2.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in JanuaryRomania · 128 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Bistriţa in JanuaryRomania · 144 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.7°C · 52 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 Satu Mare) is explained once on the Satu Mare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.