Piteşti climate — normals and trends
Piteşti (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 802 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 (21.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Piteşti averages 95 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.
Piteşti has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 80 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 5 July 2000) and the coldest -26.3 °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
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- coords
- 44.85°, 24.87°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.4°C
Average daily high
15.2°C
Average daily low
6.2°C
Annual rainfall
802mm
Sunshine / day
9.1h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
13.5km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
95 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
114 d/yr
Annual snowfall
64.0 cm
Average feels-like high
13.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.9 °C
Average peak gust
27.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.44 · 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
39.2 °C
5 July 2000
Coldest day
-26.3 °C
25 January 1942
Wettest day
114 mm
2 August 1997
Windiest day
44.2 km/h
10 February 1984
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
26 February 1988
Hottest feels-like
42.3 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-31.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
20.7 cm
5 November 1995
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 | 8.6 °C | +7.1 °C | 6 mm | -37 mm |
| Feb | 2.5 °C | -1.7 °C | 18 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 14.4 °C | +4.9 °C | 70 mm | +22 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 28 mm | -46 mm |
| May | 19.5 °C | -1.5 °C | 152 mm | +53 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 23 mm | -90 mm |
| Jul | 30.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 55 mm | -39 mm |
| Aug | 29.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 45 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 24.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 36 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -1.0 °C | 125 mm | +71 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 155 mm | +100 mm |
| Dec | 6.0 °C | +2.6 °C | 21 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Piteşti?
Piteşti has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.4 °C and it receives 802 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Piteşti?
The hottest day measured in Piteşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2000, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Piteşti?
The coldest day measured in Piteşti between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1942, at -26.3 °C.
Does it snow in Piteşti?
Yes. Piteşti gets on average 64.0 cm of snow per year and has around 95 frost days.
Has the climate of Piteşti warmed?
Yes: Piteşti warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Piteşti?
The wettest day measured in Piteşti between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 1997, with 114 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Piteşti?
The windiest day measured in Piteşti between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with winds reaching 44.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Piteşti?
The warmest month in Piteşti is July (21.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Piteşti?
Piteşti receives on average 802 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Piteşti?
Piteşti 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 Piteşti?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Piteşti between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1995, with 20.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Piteşti?
Yes: Piteşti has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Piteşti?
In Piteşti, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -31.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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