Giurgiu climate — normals and trends
Giurgiu (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 598 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 (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Giurgiu averages 76 frost days, 39 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 95 rainy days per year.
Giurgiu has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 92 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -30.0 °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
GiurgiuGiurgiu County
- coords
- 43.89°, 25.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
16.9°C
Average daily low
7.9°C
Annual rainfall
598mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
15.1km/h
Seasonal range
25.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
39 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
95 d/yr
Annual snowfall
53.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.6 °C
Average feels-like low
5.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
21 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
41.6 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
90 mm
8 October 2025
Windiest day
47.2 km/h
3 May 1978
Strongest gust
87.1 km/h
29 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
44.7 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
28.8 cm
12 March 1973
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.0 °C | +7.7 °C | 7 mm | -34 mm |
| Feb | 2.2 °C | -3.2 °C | 37 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 17.0 °C | +6.0 °C | 31 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +0.6 °C | 30 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 21.4 °C | -1.5 °C | 97 mm | +30 mm |
| Jun | 30.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 22 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 33.6 °C | +4.3 °C | 20 mm | -41 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 22 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 27.3 °C | +2.4 °C | 22 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 218 mm | +176 mm |
| Nov | 13.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 98 mm | +51 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 20 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Giurgiu?
Giurgiu has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 598 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Giurgiu?
The hottest day measured in Giurgiu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Giurgiu?
The coldest day measured in Giurgiu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Giurgiu?
Yes. Giurgiu gets on average 53.7 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Giurgiu warmed?
Yes: Giurgiu warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Giurgiu?
The wettest day measured in Giurgiu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 October 2025, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Giurgiu?
The windiest day measured in Giurgiu between 1940 and 2025 was 3 May 1978, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Giurgiu?
The warmest month in Giurgiu is July (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Giurgiu?
Giurgiu receives on average 598 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 95 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Giurgiu?
Giurgiu 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 Giurgiu?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Giurgiu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 1973, with 28.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Giurgiu?
Yes: Giurgiu has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Giurgiu?
In Giurgiu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 25 January 1942.
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