Zlatna climate — normals and trends
Zlatna (Romania) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 698 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Zlatna averages 99 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.
Zlatna has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 82 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 5 August 2017) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 24 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
ZlatnaAlba County
- coords
- 46.11°, 23.23°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.4°C
Average daily high
14.1°C
Average daily low
5.0°C
Annual rainfall
698mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
21.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
99 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
10 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
139 d/yr
Annual snowfall
70.2 cm
Average feels-like high
12.7 °C
Average feels-like low
3.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 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
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
38.3 °C
5 August 2017
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
24 January 1963
Wettest day
116 mm
2 July 1975
Windiest day
34.6 km/h
23 March 1971
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
18 February 1946
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
21 July 1987
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
24 January 1963
Snowiest day
15.9 cm
10 February 1984
Sunniest day
15.0 h
10 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | +5.1 °C | 22 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 5.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 18 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 14.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 60 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 58 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -2.2 °C | 109 mm | +29 mm |
| Jun | 28.1 °C | +5.3 °C | 30 mm | -58 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +3.7 °C | 113 mm | +33 mm |
| Aug | 27.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 119 mm | +59 mm |
| Sep | 22.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 34 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | -2.4 °C | 56 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 11.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 58 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 9 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zlatna?
Zlatna has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.4 °C and it receives 698 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zlatna?
The hottest day measured in Zlatna between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 2017, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zlatna?
The coldest day measured in Zlatna between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1963, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Zlatna?
Yes. Zlatna gets on average 70.2 cm of snow per year and has around 99 frost days.
Has the climate of Zlatna warmed?
Yes: Zlatna warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zlatna?
The wettest day measured in Zlatna between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1975, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zlatna?
The windiest day measured in Zlatna between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1971, with winds reaching 34.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zlatna?
The warmest month in Zlatna is July (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Zlatna?
Zlatna receives on average 698 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zlatna?
Zlatna gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Zlatna?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zlatna between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 1984, with 15.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zlatna?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Zlatna.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zlatna?
In Zlatna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 21 July 1987, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 24 January 1963.
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