Bistriţa, Romania climate

Cfb Oceanic / temperate

Bistriţa has a seasonal cool-temperate climate (Oceanic / temperate, Köppen Cfb). The hottest month is July with an average daily high near 80°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 20°F at night. Around 26 inches of precipitation falls each year, peaking in May (4.1 inches) and easing off in August (1.1 inches).

☀️ Summers

Warm

Highs near 80°F in July.

About 6 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Cold

Lows near 20°F in January.

About 96 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 26 in of rain a year.

Wettest in May

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

+1.2 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Bistriţa climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	34	40	50	62	70	77	80	81	71	61	49	36
Avg temp (°F)	27	30	39	50	58	65	69	68	58	50	40	29
Avg low (°F)	20	22	30	39	46	53	57	56	48	40	32	22
Precipitation (in)	1.4	2.1	1.5	1.5	4.1	3.5	3.3	1.1	2.8	1.7	1.5	2.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	34	40	50	62	70	77
Avg temp (°F)	27	30	39	50	58	65
Avg low (°F)	20	22	30	39	46	53
Precipitation (in)	1.4	2.1	1.5	1.5	4.1	3.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	80	81	71	61	49	36
Avg temp (°F)	69	68	58	50	40	29
Avg low (°F)	57	56	48	40	32	22
Precipitation (in)	3.3	1.1	2.8	1.7	1.5	2.0

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	3	4	4	4	5
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.9	2	3	0.3	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	21	19	14	5	1.0	—	—	—	0.1	4	12	19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	4	5	4	4	6	5
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	—	—	—	—	—	0.9
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	21	19	14	5	1.0	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	6	3	4	4	4	5
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	2	3	0.3	—	—	—
Days with low ≤ 32°F (days)	—	—	0.1	4	12	19

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	69	72	72	71	72	69	63	56	64	64	68	71
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	8	5	6	4	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	8	7	9	11	12	11	9	8	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	18	19	19	19	17	15	12	16	17	17	19
Relative humidity (%)	91	87	80	75	72	69	65	62	68	76	85	90
Wind speed (mph)	3.9	4.4	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	69	72	72	71	72	69
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	3	3	3	4	3	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	8	7	9	11
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	18	18	19	19	19	17
Relative humidity (%)	91	87	80	75	72	69
Wind speed (mph)	3.9	4.4	4.8	4.4	4.0	3.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	63	56	64	64	68	71
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	4	8	5	6	4	3
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	12	11	9	8	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	15	12	16	17	17	19
Relative humidity (%)	65	62	68	76	85	90
Wind speed (mph)	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 16 years of daily observations at Bistrita, a weather station, about 2 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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