Babadag climate — normals and trends
Babadag (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.5 °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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Babadag averages 71 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 89 rainy days per year.
Babadag has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 88 to 54 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 22 July 2007) and the coldest -25.2 °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
BabadagTulcea County
- coords
- 44.90°, 28.72°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.5°C
Average daily high
15.3°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
504mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
17.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
71 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
89 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.7 cm
Average feels-like high
13.4 °C
Average feels-like low
5.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
19 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
38.5 °C
22 July 2007
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
75 mm
30 June 2013
Windiest day
51.2 km/h
26 November 2023
Strongest gust
97.9 km/h
18 January 2018
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest feels-like
-30.0 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
22.8 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
14.9 h
23 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 °C | +6.3 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 24 mm | -11 mm |
| Apr | 15.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 81 mm | +23 mm |
| Jun | 28.2 °C | +3.1 °C | 2 mm | -59 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +3.3 °C | 26 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 24.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 41 mm | +4 mm |
| Oct | 15.8 °C | -0.6 °C | 92 mm | +56 mm |
| Nov | 13.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 74 mm | +32 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 5 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Babadag?
Babadag has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.5 °C and it receives 504 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Babadag?
The hottest day measured in Babadag between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2007, reaching 38.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Babadag?
The coldest day measured in Babadag between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Babadag?
Yes. Babadag gets on average 41.7 cm of snow per year and has around 71 frost days.
Has the climate of Babadag warmed?
Yes: Babadag warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Babadag?
The wettest day measured in Babadag between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2013, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Babadag?
The windiest day measured in Babadag between 1940 and 2025 was 26 November 2023, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Babadag?
The warmest month in Babadag is July (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Babadag?
Babadag receives on average 504 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 89 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Babadag?
Babadag gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Babadag?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Babadag between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 22.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Babadag?
Yes: Babadag has on average 19 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Babadag?
In Babadag, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 5 July 2000, and the lowest was -30.0 °C on 25 January 1942.
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