Orşova climate — normals and trends
Orşova (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 793 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Orşova averages 95 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Orşova has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 114 to 76 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 24 July 2007) and the coldest -23.9 °C (on 24 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
OrşovaMehedinți County
- coords
- 44.72°, 22.40°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
5.7°C
Annual rainfall
793mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
22.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
12 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
111.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.5 °C
Average peak gust
31.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
38.9 °C
24 July 2007
Coldest day
-23.9 °C
24 January 1942
Wettest day
67 mm
7 June 1989
Windiest day
37.2 km/h
2 April 1944
Strongest gust
88.9 km/h
19 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-29.2 °C
24 January 1942
Snowiest day
30.3 cm
6 February 1969
Sunniest day
15.0 h
12 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 15 mm | -48 mm |
| Feb | 3.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 19 mm | -41 mm |
| Mar | 13.3 °C | +4.7 °C | 114 mm | +49 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 43 mm | -32 mm |
| May | 18.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 74 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 28.5 °C | +4.9 °C | 7 mm | -71 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 29 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 28.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 23.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 13.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 112 mm | +49 mm |
| Nov | 10.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 147 mm | +65 mm |
| Dec | 5.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 77 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Orşova?
Orşova has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 793 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Orşova?
The hottest day measured in Orşova between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2007, reaching 38.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Orşova?
The coldest day measured in Orşova between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1942, at -23.9 °C.
Does it snow in Orşova?
Yes. Orşova gets on average 111.5 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Orşova warmed?
Yes: Orşova warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Orşova?
The wettest day measured in Orşova between 1940 and 2025 was 7 June 1989, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Orşova?
The windiest day measured in Orşova between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1944, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Orşova?
The warmest month in Orşova is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Orşova?
Orşova receives on average 793 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Orşova?
Orşova gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Orşova?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Orşova between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1969, with 30.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Orşova?
Yes: Orşova has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Orşova?
In Orşova, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -29.2 °C on 24 January 1942.
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