Climate guideThirty-year normals for Bacău
Bacău climate by month
Hot-summer humid continental · DfaBest Apr–May · Sep
Annual mean11°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation546 mm103 wet days a year
46.57° N, 26.91° EElevation 165 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goBacău · weather score
Best timeApr–May · Sep
October: high / low16° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Bacău has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 29° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 2° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 546 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. June is the wettest month (85 mm, 13 wet days) and November the driest (28 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in August to 48% in February.
Compared with Bucharest, the capital, Bacău is 1.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 29° · July
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- June
- Driest month
- November
- Clearest skies
- August · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 48 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 36 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 2° | 4° | 10° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 23° | 16° | 9° | 3° |
| Average low | -6° | -4° | 0° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 10° | 6° | 1° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 20 mm | 21 mm | 28 mm | 47 mm | 64 mm | 85 mm | 88 mm | 54 mm | 48 mm | 36 mm | 28 mm | 27 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.1 | 7 | 8 | 8.4 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 12.3 | 8 | 7 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 6.9 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 48% | 45% | 41% | 34% | 32% | 26% | 25% | 32% | 38% | 46% | 48% |
| Daylight | 8h 58 | 10h 20 | 11h 51 | 13h 33 | 15h 00 | 15h 48 | 15h 29 | 14h 14 | 12h 36 | 10h 58 | 9h 26 | 8h 36 |
| Month score | 34 | 34 | 34 | 71 | 71 | 60 | 55 | 66 | 83 | 71 | 38 | 34 |
ivMonth by month
Bacău in every month
January34
2° / -6°
20 mm · 7.1 wet days
February34
4° / -4°
21 mm · 7 wet days
March34
10° / 0°
28 mm · 8 wet days
April71
17° / 5°
47 mm · 8.4 wet days
May71
23° / 10°
64 mm · 11.8 wet days
June60
27° / 14°
85 mm · 13.2 wet days
July55
29° / 15°
88 mm · 12.3 wet days
August66
29° / 15°
54 mm · 8 wet days
September83
23° / 10°
48 mm · 7 wet days
October71
16° / 6°
36 mm · 7.1 wet days
November38
9° / 1°
28 mm · 5.8 wet days
December34
3° / -4°
27 mm · 6.9 wet days