Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Jiu weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Târgu Jiu: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drobeta-Turnu Severin (68 km away). In February its highs average 6.1°C, about as warm as Târgu Jiu, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Jiu ranks joint 8th of 27 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 27 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 27 cities is 4.9°C; Târgu Jiu is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Târgu Jiu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 55 | 8.7 | 9.29 h |
| February, selected | 5.9°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 51 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 69 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 78 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 76 | 9.9 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 64 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 52 | 7.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 66 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.6°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 5.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 70 | 10.0 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Drobeta-Turnu Severin in FebruaryRomania · 68 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in FebruaryRomania · 85 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Craiova in FebruaryRomania · 91 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 33 mm rain
- Sibiu in FebruaryRomania · 107 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Reşiţa in FebruaryRomania · 113 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Piteşti in FebruaryRomania · 127 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Timişoara in FebruaryRomania · 179 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -1.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in FebruaryRomania · 192 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.6°C · 35 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 Târgu Jiu) is explained once on the Târgu Jiu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.