Turda climate — normals and trends
Turda (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 766 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 (19.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Turda averages 115 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.
Turda has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 129 to 101 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 25 August 2012) and the coldest -28.1 °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
TurdaCluj County
- coords
- 46.57°, 23.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.7°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
4.3°C
Annual rainfall
766mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
76%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
22.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
115 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
130 d/yr
Annual snowfall
56.3 cm
Average feels-like high
12.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
25.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °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
37.5 °C
25 August 2012
Coldest day
-28.1 °C
23 January 1963
Wettest day
65 mm
21 July 2001
Windiest day
35.8 km/h
13 July 1969
Strongest gust
85.7 km/h
9 April 2011
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
6 July 1988
Coldest feels-like
-32.5 °C
23 January 1963
Snowiest day
19.2 cm
13 December 1981
Sunniest day
15.0 h
3 July 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 22 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 4.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 20 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.0 °C | 89 mm | +45 mm |
| Apr | 16.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 54 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 16.9 °C | -2.5 °C | 137 mm | +39 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +4.4 °C | 18 mm | -97 mm |
| Jul | 27.4 °C | +2.8 °C | 121 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 83 mm | -2 mm |
| Sep | 22.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 70 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 75 mm | +30 mm |
| Nov | 10.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 63 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | 5.1 °C | +3.1 °C | 7 mm | -30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Turda?
Turda has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.7 °C and it receives 766 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Turda?
The hottest day measured in Turda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2012, reaching 37.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Turda?
The coldest day measured in Turda between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 1963, at -28.1 °C.
Does it snow in Turda?
Yes. Turda gets on average 56.3 cm of snow per year and has around 115 frost days.
Has the climate of Turda warmed?
Yes: Turda warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Turda?
The wettest day measured in Turda between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2001, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Turda?
The windiest day measured in Turda between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1969, with winds reaching 35.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Turda?
The warmest month in Turda is July (19.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Turda?
Turda receives on average 766 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Turda?
Turda 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 Turda?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Turda between 1940 and 2025 was 13 December 1981, with 19.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Turda?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Turda.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Turda?
In Turda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 6 July 1988, and the lowest was -32.5 °C on 23 January 1963.
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