Weather in Bucharest in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Bucharest;
Average weather
Average temperature in Bucharest in January
Going from a maximum of +20°C during the day to a minimum of -1°C during the night, the temperature in January averages around +9°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 52% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +15°C to +4°C.
Is Bucharest warm or cold in January?
Bucharest is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +4°C to +2°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -2°C to -4°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Bucharest, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Bucharest in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +4°C | +2°C | +5°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -23°C | -26°C | -24°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +18°C | +20°C | +24°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 18 mm | 11 mm | 11 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 3 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 88% | 87% | 81% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1018 HPa | 1018 HPa | 1018 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 14 | 15 | 12 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +4°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +2°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 18 mm to 11 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 88% to 87%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 2 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 7 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 9 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Bucharest is gradually decreasing during January, going from 3 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Bucharest.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Bucharest?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Bucharest in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+14°C) and the highest in 2023 (+20°C). The driest year was 2000 with only 303 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2014 with 1417 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Bucharest, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.