Climate of Romania

Rainfall, although adequate throughout the country, decreases from west to east and from mountains to plains. Some mountainous areas receive more than 1,010 mm (39.8 in) of precipitation each year. Annual precipitation averages about 635 mm (25 in) in central Transylvania, 521 mm (20.5 in) at Iași in Moldavia, and only 240 mm (9 in) at Sulina on the Black Sea.

Summers in the country are generally very warm to hot, and temperatures over 36 °C (97 °F) are not unknown in the lower-lying areas of the country. Night time lows in Bucharest and other lower-lying areas are around 16 °C (60.8 °F), and in Sulina they are around 21 °C (69.8 °F), but at higher altitudes both maxima and minima decline considerably.

In the coldest months of winter (December and January) temperatures average between 1 °C (33.8 °F) and −10 °C (14.0 °F). During winter, the skies are often cloudy and snowfall is quite common. In the plains of Romania there are about thirty days with snowfall per year.

Records

The absolute minimum temperature is −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F), registered in Bod, Brașov County on 25 January 1942. The absolute maximum temperature is 44.5 °C (112.1 °F), recorded at Ion Sion (nowadays Râmnicelu), Brăila County on 10 August 1951. The warmest overnight temperature ever recorded is 29.8 °C (85.6 °F) at Oravița, Caraș-Severin County on 17 July 2024.