Mizil climate — normals and trends
Mizil (Romania) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 607 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Mizil averages 93 frost days, 23 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 99 rainy days per year.
Mizil has warmed by +2.0 °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 108 to 78 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 10 August 1945) and the coldest -29.3 °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
MizilPrahova
- coords
- 45.02°, 26.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.5°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
607mm
Sunshine / day
9.2h
Mean relative humidity
73%
Average peak wind
13.2km/h
Seasonal range
24.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
93 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
23 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
99 d/yr
Annual snowfall
54.2 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.4 °C
Average peak gust
29.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
8 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °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
38.4 °C
10 August 1945
Coldest day
-29.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
68 mm
25 August 1977
Windiest day
43.7 km/h
5 November 1995
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
6 February 2020
Hottest feels-like
41.5 °C
6 August 2017
Coldest feels-like
-34.2 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
5 March 1971
Sunniest day
15.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.9 °C | +7.1 °C | 11 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | -1.7 °C | 22 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 14.9 °C | +5.4 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 17.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 26 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | -1.7 °C | 165 mm | +91 mm |
| Jun | 28.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 12 mm | -63 mm |
| Jul | 31.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 60 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 30.0 °C | +2.3 °C | 11 mm | -35 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 20 mm | -21 mm |
| Oct | 15.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 113 mm | +71 mm |
| Nov | 11.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 102 mm | +55 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 14 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mizil?
Mizil has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 607 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mizil?
The hottest day measured in Mizil between 1940 and 2025 was 10 August 1945, reaching 38.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mizil?
The coldest day measured in Mizil between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -29.3 °C.
Does it snow in Mizil?
Yes. Mizil gets on average 54.2 cm of snow per year and has around 93 frost days.
Has the climate of Mizil warmed?
Yes: Mizil warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mizil?
The wettest day measured in Mizil between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 1977, with 68 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mizil?
The windiest day measured in Mizil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with winds reaching 43.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mizil?
The warmest month in Mizil is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Mizil?
Mizil receives on average 607 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 99 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mizil?
Mizil 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 Mizil?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mizil between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mizil?
Yes: Mizil has on average 8 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mizil?
In Mizil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.5 °C on 6 August 2017, and the lowest was -34.2 °C on 25 January 1942.
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