Ceadîr-Lunga climate — normals and trends
Ceadîr-Lunga (Moldova) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 504 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Ceadîr-Lunga averages 92 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 88 rainy days per year.
Ceadîr-Lunga has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 74 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 16 July 2024) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 25 January 1942).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Ceadîr-LungaGagauzia
- coords
- 46.06°, 28.83°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.5°C
Average daily high
14.8°C
Average daily low
6.5°C
Annual rainfall
504mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
17.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
92 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
21 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
88 d/yr
Annual snowfall
45.9 cm
Average feels-like high
12.6 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.2 °C
16 July 2024
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
65 mm
5 August 1972
Windiest day
53.1 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
19 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
40.9 °C
7 August 2012
Coldest feels-like
-34.5 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.6 cm
3 January 2007
Sunniest day
15.1 h
21 June 2011
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 °C | +6.4 °C | 17 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 2.0 °C | -0.9 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 14.1 °C | +6.1 °C | 28 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 16.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 19.9 °C | -1.3 °C | 90 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 28.0 °C | +2.8 °C | 9 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 31.6 °C | +4.1 °C | 34 mm | -18 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 12 mm | -30 mm |
| Sep | 24.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 23 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 83 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 11.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 55 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 8 mm | -26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ceadîr-Lunga?
Ceadîr-Lunga has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.5 °C and it receives 504 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The hottest day measured in Ceadîr-Lunga between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 2024, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The coldest day measured in Ceadîr-Lunga between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Ceadîr-Lunga?
Yes. Ceadîr-Lunga gets on average 45.9 cm of snow per year and has around 92 frost days.
Has the climate of Ceadîr-Lunga warmed?
Yes: Ceadîr-Lunga warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The wettest day measured in Ceadîr-Lunga between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1972, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The windiest day measured in Ceadîr-Lunga between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 53.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The warmest month in Ceadîr-Lunga is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Ceadîr-Lunga?
Ceadîr-Lunga receives on average 504 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 88 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ceadîr-Lunga?
Ceadîr-Lunga gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ceadîr-Lunga?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ceadîr-Lunga between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 2007, with 24.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ceadîr-Lunga?
Yes: Ceadîr-Lunga has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ceadîr-Lunga?
In Ceadîr-Lunga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.9 °C on 7 August 2012, and the lowest was -34.5 °C on 25 January 1942.
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