Bistriţa climate — normals and trends
Bistriţa (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 858 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Bistriţa averages 130 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Bistriţa has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 112 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.0 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -29.7 °C (on 13 February 2004).
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
BistriţaBistrița-Năsăud County
- coords
- 47.13°, 24.50°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.5°C
Average daily high
12.2°C
Average daily low
3.0°C
Annual rainfall
858mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
130 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.5 °C
Average feels-like low
0.6 °C
Average peak gust
26.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °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
35.0 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-29.7 °C
13 February 2004
Wettest day
54 mm
2 August 1959
Windiest day
34.8 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
36.3 °C
14 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-34.6 °C
13 February 2004
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
27 November 1956
Sunniest day
15.0 h
29 June 1940
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 | 4.0 °C | +5.2 °C | 52 mm | -3 mm |
| Feb | 3.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 17 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 12.2 °C | +5.7 °C | 78 mm | +19 mm |
| Apr | 14.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 43 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 15.1 °C | -3.3 °C | 184 mm | +92 mm |
| Jun | 24.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 30 mm | -74 mm |
| Jul | 25.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 125 mm | +31 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 70 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 20.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 69 mm | +5 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -2.1 °C | 77 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +3.3 °C | 71 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 4.2 °C | +3.4 °C | 12 mm | -54 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Bistriţa?
Bistriţa has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.5 °C and it receives 858 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bistriţa?
The hottest day measured in Bistriţa between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 35.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Bistriţa?
The coldest day measured in Bistriţa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2004, at -29.7 °C.
Does it snow in Bistriţa?
Yes. Bistriţa gets on average 112.2 cm of snow per year and has around 130 frost days.
Has the climate of Bistriţa warmed?
Yes: Bistriţa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Bistriţa?
The wettest day measured in Bistriţa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1959, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Bistriţa?
The windiest day measured in Bistriţa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 34.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Bistriţa?
The warmest month in Bistriţa is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Bistriţa?
Bistriţa receives on average 858 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Bistriţa?
Bistriţa 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 Bistriţa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Bistriţa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1956, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Bistriţa?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Bistriţa.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bistriţa?
In Bistriţa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 14 July 2024, and the lowest was -34.6 °C on 13 February 2004.
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