Climate averages 1991–2020
Sibiu 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 Sibiu: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 43 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 9 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Râmnicu Vâlcea (80 km away). In January its highs average 4.2°C, 1.9°C warmer than Sibiu, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Sibiu ranks 16th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Sibiu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 46 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
Sibiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 43 | 9.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 4.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 46 | 10.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 63 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 91 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 120 | 17.5 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 140 | 17.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 124 | 15.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 111 | 13.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 9.5 | 9.510 h |
| December | 3.3°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 51 | 9.8 | 8.79 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
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JanuaryRomania · 80 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in JanuaryRomania · 88 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Târgu Jiu in JanuaryRomania · 107 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Braşov in JanuaryRomania · 114 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Cluj-Napoca in JanuaryRomania · 115 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Piteşti in JanuaryRomania · 120 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Bistriţa in JanuaryRomania · 151 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.7°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Craiova in JanuaryRomania · 167 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 38 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 Sibiu) is explained once on the Sibiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.