Rupea climate — normals and trends
Rupea (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 684 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Rupea averages 122 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Rupea has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -28.8 °C (on 23 January 1963).
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
RupeaBrașov County
- coords
- 46.03°, 25.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.2°C
Average daily high
13.2°C
Average daily low
3.8°C
Annual rainfall
684mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
122 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
37.2 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-28.8 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
65 mm
12 July 1980
Windiest day
39.2 km/h
19 February 1946
Strongest gust
97.6 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
38.6 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-33.6 °C
25 January 1942
Snowiest day
23.0 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
4 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 16 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 3.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 53 mm | +9 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +2.2 °C | 33 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 162 mm | +76 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 15 mm | -77 mm |
| Jul | 28.0 °C | +3.8 °C | 84 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 27.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 43 mm | -22 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 32 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 12.2 °C | -1.9 °C | 100 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 10.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 54 mm | +13 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rupea?
Rupea has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.2 °C and it receives 684 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rupea?
The hottest day measured in Rupea between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 37.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rupea?
The coldest day measured in Rupea between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.8 °C.
Does it snow in Rupea?
Yes. Rupea gets on average 80.0 cm of snow per year and has around 122 frost days.
Has the climate of Rupea warmed?
Yes: Rupea warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rupea?
The wettest day measured in Rupea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1980, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rupea?
The windiest day measured in Rupea between 1940 and 2025 was 19 February 1946, with winds reaching 39.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rupea?
The warmest month in Rupea is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Rupea?
Rupea receives on average 684 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rupea?
Rupea 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 Rupea?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rupea between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 23.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rupea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rupea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rupea?
In Rupea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -33.6 °C on 25 January 1942.
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