Weather in Cluj-Napoca in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Cluj-Napoca;
Average weather
Average temperature in Cluj-Napoca in January
Going from a maximum of +12°C during the day to a minimum of -5°C during the night, the temperature in January averages around +6°C.
The average maximum temperature goes down 53% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +12°C to +3°C.
Is Cluj-Napoca warm or cold in January?
Cluj-Napoca is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +2°C to +1°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -4°C to -6°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Cluj-Napoca, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Cluj-Napoca in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +2°C | +1°C | +3°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -23°C | -27°C | -23°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +14°C | +14°C | +19°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 20 mm | 10 mm | 14 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 87% | 86% | 81% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1018 HPa | 1018 HPa | 1017 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 15 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 4 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 9 | 11 | 9 | ||||
January weather is still as ok as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +2°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +1°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 20 mm to 10 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 87% to 86%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 3 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 4 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Cluj-Napoca is gradually increasing during January, going from 1 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Cluj-Napoca.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Cluj-Napoca?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Cluj-Napoca in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+12°C) and the highest in 2019 (+17°C). The driest year was 2000 with only 376 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2016 with 881 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Cluj-Napoca, 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.