Cugir climate — normals and trends
Cugir (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 980 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 (-2.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Cugir averages 106 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.
Cugir 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 124 to 88 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 5 August 2017) and the coldest -27.9 °C (on 24 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
CugirAlba County
- coords
- 45.84°, 23.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.4°C
Average daily high
13.0°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
980mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.7km/h
Seasonal range
20.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
106 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
151 d/yr
Annual snowfall
116.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.5 °C
Average feels-like low
2.1 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
5 August 2017
Coldest day
-27.9 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
117 mm
2 July 1975
Windiest day
30.2 km/h
2 March 1976
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
38.1 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.0 cm
13 December 1981
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +5.3 °C | 29 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 21 mm | -36 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +5.4 °C | 91 mm | +28 mm |
| Apr | 15.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 84 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 15.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 158 mm | +40 mm |
| Jun | 25.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 18 mm | -112 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +2.9 °C | 127 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 131 mm | +43 mm |
| Sep | 21.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -35 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -2.7 °C | 91 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 10.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 87 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 17 mm | -48 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cugir?
Cugir has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.4 °C and it receives 980 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cugir?
The hottest day measured in Cugir between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2017, reaching 35.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cugir?
The coldest day measured in Cugir between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -27.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cugir?
Yes. Cugir gets on average 116.5 cm of snow per year and has around 106 frost days.
Has the climate of Cugir warmed?
Yes: Cugir warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cugir?
The wettest day measured in Cugir between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1975, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cugir?
The windiest day measured in Cugir between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1976, with winds reaching 30.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cugir?
The warmest month in Cugir is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Cugir?
Cugir receives on average 980 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cugir?
Cugir 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 Cugir?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cugir between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1981, with 19.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cugir?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cugir.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cugir?
In Cugir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 24 January 1963.
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