Sovata climate — normals and trends
Sovata (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 750 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 (18.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sovata averages 118 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.
Sovata has warmed by +2.5 °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 134 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -30.1 °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
SovataMureș County
- coords
- 46.58°, 25.07°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
12.8°C
Average daily low
3.9°C
Annual rainfall
750mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
11.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
118 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
132 d/yr
Annual snowfall
87.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
28.0 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 = 0.52 · 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
36.1 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-30.1 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
56 mm
12 June 1974
Windiest day
39.4 km/h
18 February 1946
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
26 November 1964
Hottest feels-like
37.2 °C
20 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-35.0 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
14.6 cm
17 April 1997
Sunniest day
15.0 h
26 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +5.1 °C | 29 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 3.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 14 mm | -28 mm |
| Mar | 13.0 °C | +5.6 °C | 57 mm | +10 mm |
| Apr | 15.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 35 mm | -36 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | -2.8 °C | 171 mm | +81 mm |
| Jun | 25.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 12 mm | -85 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 131 mm | +39 mm |
| Aug | 25.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 63 mm | -10 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 46 mm | -9 mm |
| Oct | 11.6 °C | -2.2 °C | 82 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 10.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 68 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 4.3 °C | +2.8 °C | 16 mm | -33 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sovata?
Sovata has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 750 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sovata?
The hottest day measured in Sovata between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sovata?
The coldest day measured in Sovata between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -30.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sovata?
Yes. Sovata gets on average 87.5 cm of snow per year and has around 118 frost days.
Has the climate of Sovata warmed?
Yes: Sovata warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sovata?
The wettest day measured in Sovata between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1974, with 56 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sovata?
The windiest day measured in Sovata between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1946, with winds reaching 39.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sovata?
The warmest month in Sovata is July (18.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Sovata?
Sovata receives on average 750 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sovata?
Sovata gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sovata?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sovata between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1997, with 14.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sovata?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sovata.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sovata?
In Sovata, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.2 °C on 20 July 1987, and the lowest was -35.0 °C on 23 January 1963.
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