Lugoj climate — normals and trends
Lugoj has a warm-summer humid continental climate, averaging 10.8 °C annually with 761 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
LugojTimiș County
- coords
- 45.69°, 21.90°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.4°C
Annual rainfall
761mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
21.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.6 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
4.5 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.8 °C
26 July 2025
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
22 January 1940
Wettest day
68 mm
1 June 1953
Windiest day
34.9 km/h
3 February 1985
Strongest gust
79.6 km/h
30 March 1952
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
22 January 1940
Snowiest day
17.6 cm
15 December 2018
Sunniest day
15.0 h
7 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 30 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 6.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 21 mm | -31 mm |
| Mar | 15.3 °C | +4.6 °C | 94 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 18.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 39 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 18.9 °C | -2.1 °C | 115 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 28.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 7 mm | -87 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 61 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 29.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 41 mm | -20 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 29 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | -1.4 °C | 64 mm | +15 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 67 mm | +9 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 11 mm | -51 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Lugoj (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 761 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Lugoj averages 82 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Lugoj has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 94 to 70 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 26 July 2025) and the coldest -29.2 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Lugoj?
Lugoj has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 761 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lugoj?
The hottest day measured in Lugoj between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2025, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Lugoj?
The coldest day measured in Lugoj between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1940, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Lugoj?
Yes. Lugoj gets on average 57.6 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Lugoj warmed?
Yes: Lugoj warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Lugoj?
The wettest day measured in Lugoj between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1953, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Lugoj?
The windiest day measured in Lugoj between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1985, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Lugoj?
The warmest month in Lugoj is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Lugoj?
Lugoj receives on average 761 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Lugoj?
Lugoj gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Lugoj?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Lugoj between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 2018, with 17.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Lugoj?
Yes: Lugoj has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lugoj?
In Lugoj, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 22 January 1940.
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