Baia Mare climate — normals and trends
Baia Mare (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 1,061 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 (19.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Baia Mare averages 107 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Baia Mare has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -28.0 °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
Baia MareMaramureş
- coords
- 47.66°, 23.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.6°C
Average daily high
12.9°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,061mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
11.8km/h
Seasonal range
23.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
107 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.4 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
27.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
35.5 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-28.0 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
65 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
35.7 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
99.7 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.7 °C
22 August 2000
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
20.7 cm
16 December 1962
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.1 °C | +5.0 °C | 75 mm | +2 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 19 mm | -52 mm |
| Mar | 12.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 88 mm | +15 mm |
| Apr | 16.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 42 mm | -42 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | -3.0 °C | 139 mm | +26 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 41 mm | -87 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 159 mm | +43 mm |
| Aug | 26.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 97 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 121 mm | +45 mm |
| Oct | 12.3 °C | -1.8 °C | 64 mm | -7 mm |
| Nov | 9.9 °C | +2.7 °C | 75 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 5.0 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -78 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Baia Mare?
Baia Mare has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.6 °C and it receives 1,061 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baia Mare?
The hottest day measured in Baia Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Baia Mare?
The coldest day measured in Baia Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.0 °C.
Does it snow in Baia Mare?
Yes. Baia Mare gets on average 110.4 cm of snow per year and has around 107 frost days.
Has the climate of Baia Mare warmed?
Yes: Baia Mare warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Baia Mare?
The wettest day measured in Baia Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Baia Mare?
The windiest day measured in Baia Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 35.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Baia Mare?
The warmest month in Baia Mare is July (19.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Baia Mare?
Baia Mare receives on average 1,061 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Baia Mare?
Baia Mare 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 Baia Mare?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Baia Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1962, with 20.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Baia Mare?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Baia Mare.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baia Mare?
In Baia Mare, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.7 °C on 22 August 2000, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 23 January 1963.
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