Caracal climate — normals and trends
Caracal (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 591 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Caracal averages 74 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 98 rainy days per year.
Caracal has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 90 to 58 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.8 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -29.1 °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
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- coords
- 44.12°, 24.35°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
8.1°C
Annual rainfall
591mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
16.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
74 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
49 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
98 d/yr
Annual snowfall
51.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.7 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
30.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
24 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
44.8 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
71 mm
19 June 1943
Windiest day
52.0 km/h
6 February 1969
Strongest gust
90.4 km/h
1 September 1978
Hottest feels-like
44.9 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.9 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
26 February 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.3 °C | +7.0 °C | 4 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 17 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 17.0 °C | +5.5 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 18.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 28 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 22.2 °C | -1.4 °C | 99 mm | +28 mm |
| Jun | 31.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 15 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 34.1 °C | +3.9 °C | 11 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 32.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 24 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 27.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 10 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 16.8 °C | -1.5 °C | 160 mm | +120 mm |
| Nov | 11.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 90 mm | +44 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 44 mm | -1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Caracal?
Caracal has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 591 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Caracal?
The hottest day measured in Caracal between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 44.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Caracal?
The coldest day measured in Caracal between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Caracal?
Yes. Caracal gets on average 51.7 cm of snow per year and has around 74 frost days.
Has the climate of Caracal warmed?
Yes: Caracal warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Caracal?
The wettest day measured in Caracal between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1943, with 71 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Caracal?
The windiest day measured in Caracal between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with winds reaching 52.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Caracal?
The warmest month in Caracal is July (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Caracal?
Caracal receives on average 591 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 98 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Caracal?
Caracal gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Caracal?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Caracal between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1973, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Caracal?
Yes: Caracal has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Caracal?
In Caracal, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.9 °C on 25 January 1942.
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