Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Mureş weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Târgu Mureş: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bistriţa (66 km away). In January its highs average 0.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Târgu Mureş, with 52 mm of precipitation.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Mureş ranks 18th of 27 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 27 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 27 cities is 2.6°C; Târgu Mureş is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 32 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
Târgu Mureş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 32 | 8.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 45 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 61 | 11.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 81 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 97 | 13.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 83 | 12.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 70 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.59 h |
| December | 3.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 41 | 8.6 | 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
- Bistriţa in JanuaryRomania · 66 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.7°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Cluj-Napoca in JanuaryRomania · 77 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Sibiu in JanuaryRomania · 88 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Braşov in JanuaryRomania · 128 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Piatra Neamţ in JanuaryRomania · 142 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Baia Mare in JanuaryRomania · 145 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in JanuaryRomania · 161 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Suceava in JanuaryRomania · 176 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -7.0°C · 26 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 Târgu Mureş) is explained once on the Târgu Mureş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.