Bălan climate — normals and trends
Bălan (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 764 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 (15.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bălan averages 163 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.
Bălan 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 175 to 151 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -31.9 °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
BălanHarghita County
- coords
- 46.65°, 25.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.9°C
Average daily high
9.7°C
Average daily low
0.6°C
Annual rainfall
764mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
11.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
163 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
138 d/yr
Annual snowfall
123.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.3 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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
32.4 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-31.9 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
53 mm
12 July 2005
Windiest day
38.5 km/h
7 March 2002
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
7 March 2002
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
20 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-36.8 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
26.8 cm
16 April 1977
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.3 °C | +5.4 °C | 16 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 24 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +6.2 °C | 64 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 11.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 47 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 12.9 °C | -2.5 °C | 179 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 22.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 28 mm | -86 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 116 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 22.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 44 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 18.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 54 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 8.8 °C | -2.2 °C | 69 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 7.6 °C | +3.3 °C | 58 mm | +22 mm |
| Dec | 2.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bălan?
Bălan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.9 °C and it receives 764 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bălan?
The hottest day measured in Bălan between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 32.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bălan?
The coldest day measured in Bălan between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -31.9 °C.
Does it snow in Bălan?
Yes. Bălan gets on average 123.6 cm of snow per year and has around 163 frost days.
Has the climate of Bălan warmed?
Yes: Bălan warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bălan?
The wettest day measured in Bălan between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2005, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bălan?
The windiest day measured in Bălan between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2002, with winds reaching 38.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bălan?
The warmest month in Bălan is July (15.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Bălan?
Bălan receives on average 764 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bălan?
Bălan gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Bălan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bălan between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1977, with 26.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bălan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bălan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bălan?
In Bălan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 20 July 1987, and the lowest was -36.8 °C on 23 January 1963.
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