Satu Mare climate — normals and trends
Satu Mare (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 733 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Satu Mare averages 82 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Satu Mare has warmed by +2.6 °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 98 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.6 °C (on 23 July 2022) and the coldest -28.6 °C (on 28 January 1954).
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
Satu MareSatu Mare County
- coords
- 47.80°, 22.86°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.8°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
733mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
82 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
47.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
4.2 °C
Average peak gust
29.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °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
40.6 °C
23 July 2022
Coldest day
-28.6 °C
28 January 1954
Wettest day
48 mm
1 August 1979
Windiest day
47.8 km/h
5 March 1940
Strongest gust
91.1 km/h
19 January 2007
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
24 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-33.8 °C
21 January 1940
Snowiest day
15.1 cm
4 January 1955
Sunniest day
15.0 h
24 May 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 | 6.2 °C | +5.1 °C | 43 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 5.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 19 mm | -29 mm |
| Mar | 14.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 73 mm | +23 mm |
| Apr | 18.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 33 mm | -24 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | -2.7 °C | 85 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 29.6 °C | +4.5 °C | 19 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 29.7 °C | +2.5 °C | 86 mm | +6 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | +2.5 °C | 57 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 87 mm | +33 mm |
| Oct | 15.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 46 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 11.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 48 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 6.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -57 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Satu Mare?
Satu Mare has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.8 °C and it receives 733 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Satu Mare?
The hottest day measured in Satu Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2022, reaching 40.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Satu Mare?
The coldest day measured in Satu Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1954, at -28.6 °C.
Does it snow in Satu Mare?
Yes. Satu Mare gets on average 47.1 cm of snow per year and has around 82 frost days.
Has the climate of Satu Mare warmed?
Yes: Satu Mare warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Satu Mare?
The wettest day measured in Satu Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1979, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Satu Mare?
The windiest day measured in Satu Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1940, with winds reaching 47.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Satu Mare?
The warmest month in Satu Mare is July (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Satu Mare?
Satu Mare receives on average 733 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Satu Mare?
Satu Mare gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Satu Mare?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Satu Mare between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1955, with 15.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Satu Mare?
Yes: Satu Mare has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Satu Mare?
In Satu Mare, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 24 June 2021, and the lowest was -33.8 °C on 21 January 1940.
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