Sânpetru climate — normals and trends
Sânpetru (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 742 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 (17.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sânpetru averages 132 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Sânpetru has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 148 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.5 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -31.9 °C (on 17 February 1993).
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
SânpetruBrașov County
- coords
- 45.71°, 25.64°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
2.9°C
Annual rainfall
742mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
132 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.9 cm
Average feels-like high
10.0 °C
Average feels-like low
0.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.8 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
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
34.5 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-31.9 °C
17 February 1993
Wettest day
81 mm
13 July 2000
Windiest day
36.2 km/h
3 November 1981
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-36.5 °C
17 February 1993
Snowiest day
31.4 cm
15 April 1996
Sunniest day
15.0 h
22 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.4 °C | +6.2 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +0.8 °C | 20 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 12.0 °C | +5.9 °C | 59 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 37 mm | -34 mm |
| May | 15.3 °C | -2.0 °C | 185 mm | +93 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 18 mm | -81 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +3.6 °C | 127 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 25.1 °C | +2.2 °C | 40 mm | -36 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 39 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 11.1 °C | -1.9 °C | 127 mm | +81 mm |
| Nov | 10.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 73 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 3.5 °C | +2.5 °C | 18 mm | -25 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sânpetru?
Sânpetru has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 742 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sânpetru?
The hottest day measured in Sânpetru between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 34.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sânpetru?
The coldest day measured in Sânpetru between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1993, at -31.9 °C.
Does it snow in Sânpetru?
Yes. Sânpetru gets on average 110.9 cm of snow per year and has around 132 frost days.
Has the climate of Sânpetru warmed?
Yes: Sânpetru warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sânpetru?
The wettest day measured in Sânpetru between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2000, with 81 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sânpetru?
The windiest day measured in Sânpetru between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1981, with winds reaching 36.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sânpetru?
The warmest month in Sânpetru is July (17.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sânpetru?
Sânpetru receives on average 742 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sânpetru?
Sânpetru 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 Sânpetru?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sânpetru between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 1996, with 31.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sânpetru?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sânpetru.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sânpetru?
In Sânpetru, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -36.5 °C on 17 February 1993.
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