Climate - Timisoara (Romania)

The climate of Timisoara is continental, with cold winters and warm summers.
The city is located in the westernmost part of Romania, in the historical region of Banat, and a short distance from the border with Serbia.
In Winter, fog can form. Sometimes there can be cold spells, with lows of -15 °C (5 °F) or even below. After 1980, the coldest record is -25 °C (-13 °F), recorded in January 1987. From 2001 to 2020, the extreme minimum was -23 °C (-9.5 °F), recorded in February 2012.
Summer is sunny, but thunderstorms can break out. Sometimes, there can be very hot periods, in which the temperature can reach or exceed 35 °C (95 °F). The record heat is 41 °C (106 °F), recorded in July 2007.
The average temperature of the coldest month (January) is of -0.6 °C (31 °F), that of the warmest month (July) is of 21.9 °C (71 °F). Here are the average temperatures.

Precipitation amounts to 595 millimeters (23.4 inches) per year: so, it is at an intermediate level. It ranges from 30 mm (1.2 in) in the driest month (February) to 85 mm (3.3 in) in the wettest (June). Here is the average precipitation.

On average, there are around 2,130 sunshine hours per year. Here are the average sunshine hours per day.

Best Time

To visit Timisoara, you can choose the months of May and September. In summer, sometimes the heat is bearable, while at other times, especially in July and August, it can be intense.