Gătaia climate — normals and trends
Gătaia (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 718 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 (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Gătaia averages 73 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Gătaia has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 85 to 61 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -28.5 °C (on 22 January 1940).
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
GătaiaTimiș County
- coords
- 45.43°, 21.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.6°C
Average daily high
16.3°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
718mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
73 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.3 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
5.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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
40.8 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-28.5 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
48 mm
19 June 2016
Windiest day
39.8 km/h
22 November 2024
Strongest gust
84.6 km/h
29 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
43.1 °C
14 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-33.4 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
21.0 cm
15 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.0 h
9 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.3 °C | +4.4 °C | 26 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 23 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 15.7 °C | +4.4 °C | 91 mm | +40 mm |
| Apr | 19.2 °C | +2.0 °C | 33 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 103 mm | +27 mm |
| Jun | 30.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 7 mm | -82 mm |
| Jul | 30.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 55 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +3.1 °C | 33 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +3.7 °C | 30 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 16.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 69 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 6.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 14 mm | -43 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gătaia?
Gătaia has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.6 °C and it receives 718 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gătaia?
The hottest day measured in Gătaia between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gătaia?
The coldest day measured in Gătaia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -28.5 °C.
Does it snow in Gătaia?
Yes. Gătaia gets on average 43.3 cm of snow per year and has around 73 frost days.
Has the climate of Gătaia warmed?
Yes: Gătaia warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gătaia?
The wettest day measured in Gătaia between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2016, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gătaia?
The windiest day measured in Gătaia between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2024, with winds reaching 39.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gătaia?
The warmest month in Gătaia is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Gătaia?
Gătaia receives on average 718 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gătaia?
Gătaia gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gătaia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gătaia between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 2018, with 21.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gătaia?
Yes: Gătaia has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gătaia?
In Gătaia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.1 °C on 14 July 2024, and the lowest was -33.4 °C on 22 January 1940.
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