Apahida climate — normals and trends
Apahida (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 691 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Apahida averages 116 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Apahida has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 131 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
ApahidaCluj County
- coords
- 46.82°, 23.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
691mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
23.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.0 °C
Average peak gust
27.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.8 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
66 mm
21 July 2001
Windiest day
40.9 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
40.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
17.3 cm
13 December 1981
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 22 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 16 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 83 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 47 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 16.8 °C | -2.8 °C | 140 mm | +55 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 18 mm | -79 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 122 mm | +37 mm |
| Aug | 26.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 72 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 22.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 73 mm | +20 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 64 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 62 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 4.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 6 mm | -34 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Apahida?
Apahida has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Apahida?
The hottest day measured in Apahida between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Apahida?
The coldest day measured in Apahida between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Apahida?
Yes. Apahida gets on average 54.2 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Apahida warmed?
Yes: Apahida warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Apahida?
The wettest day measured in Apahida between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2001, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Apahida?
The windiest day measured in Apahida between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 40.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Apahida?
The warmest month in Apahida is July (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Apahida?
Apahida receives on average 691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Apahida?
Apahida gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Apahida?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Apahida between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1981, with 17.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Apahida?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Apahida.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Apahida?
In Apahida, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 25 January 1942.
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