Mangalia climate — normals and trends
Mangalia (Romania) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 487 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mangalia averages 46 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Mangalia has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 61 to 31 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 21 August 1945) and the coldest -21.0 °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
MangaliaConstanța County
- coords
- 43.82°, 28.58°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.5°C
Average daily high
15.9°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
487mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
20.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
46 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
32.9 cm
Average feels-like high
14.3 °C
Average feels-like low
7.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
31 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °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
37.5 °C
21 August 1945
Coldest day
-21.0 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
182 mm
3 September 2022
Windiest day
56.5 km/h
19 November 2023
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
19 November 2023
Hottest feels-like
41.4 °C
12 August 1994
Coldest feels-like
-27.2 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
21.2 cm
18 February 1954
Sunniest day
14.5 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.6 °C | +5.1 °C | 25 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 20 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 13.4 °C | +4.4 °C | 17 mm | -22 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 29 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 18.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 63 mm | +19 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 6 mm | -47 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 5 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 15 mm | -16 mm |
| Sep | 24.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 31 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 17.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 99 mm | +58 mm |
| Nov | 15.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 8.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mangalia?
Mangalia has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.5 °C and it receives 487 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mangalia?
The hottest day measured in Mangalia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 1945, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mangalia?
The coldest day measured in Mangalia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -21.0 °C.
Does it snow in Mangalia?
Yes. Mangalia gets on average 32.9 cm of snow per year and has around 46 frost days.
Has the climate of Mangalia warmed?
Yes: Mangalia warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mangalia?
The wettest day measured in Mangalia between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 2022, with 182 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mangalia?
The windiest day measured in Mangalia between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with winds reaching 56.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mangalia?
The warmest month in Mangalia is July (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Mangalia?
Mangalia receives on average 487 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mangalia?
Mangalia gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Mangalia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mangalia between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1954, with 21.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mangalia?
Yes: Mangalia has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mangalia?
In Mangalia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 12 August 1994, and the lowest was -27.2 °C on 25 January 1942.
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