Galaţi climate

Name: Galaţi
Address: RO

Galaţi is warmest in July, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -4.0 °C. June is the wettest month (63 mm) and February the driest (27 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Galaţi averages 501 mm of rain, 95 days above 25 °C and 83 days below freezing.

Romania · population 217,851 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 29 °C
Coldest month January -4.0 °C
Driest month February 27 mm
Wettest month June 63 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record July 41 °C
Coldest on record January -22 °C

What to expectGalaţi through the year

Galaţi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.7 °C in January to 29 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 31 of them reach 30 °C, 83 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 27 mm in February to 63 mm in June. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	2.7 °C	34 mm	69 %
February	5.6 °C	27 mm	66 %
March	10.6 °C	39 mm	62 %
April	16.8 °C	44 mm	56 %
May	22.6 °C	56 mm	52 %
June	26.6 °C	63 mm	47 %
July	28.9 °C	46 mm	36 %
August	28.8 °C	36 mm	32 %
September	23.2 °C	40 mm	45 %
October	16.8 °C	41 mm	55 %
November	10.1 °C	36 mm	66 %
December	4.2 °C	39 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	2.7 °C	-4.0 °C	-0.8 °C	15.9 °C	-22.0 °C	0	0	25
February	5.6 °C	-2.6 °C	1.3 °C	19.9 °C	-21.5 °C	0	0	19
March	10.6 °C	1.4 °C	5.8 °C	24.6 °C	-12.9 °C	0	0	11
April	16.8 °C	6.7 °C	11.8 °C	29.0 °C	-4.9 °C	1	0	1
May	22.6 °C	12.4 °C	17.6 °C	33.1 °C	3.2 °C	9	1	0
June	26.6 °C	16.9 °C	21.9 °C	37.5 °C	7.2 °C	20	5	0
July	28.9 °C	19.1 °C	24.1 °C	40.5 °C	11.3 °C	27	11	0
August	28.8 °C	18.9 °C	23.9 °C	38.4 °C	11.4 °C	26	12	0
September	23.2 °C	14.0 °C	18.4 °C	34.9 °C	3.6 °C	10	1	0
October	16.8 °C	8.6 °C	12.5 °C	30.0 °C	-3.7 °C	1	0	1
November	10.1 °C	3.4 °C	6.5 °C	23.1 °C	-10.9 °C	0	0	7
December	4.2 °C	-1.9 °C	1.0 °C	17.2 °C	-19.9 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	34 mm	6	9.1 h/day	69 %	82 %	16 km/h
February	27 mm	5	10 h/day	66 %	78 %	17 km/h
March	39 mm	7	12 h/day	62 %	72 %	18 km/h
April	44 mm	8	14 h/day	56 %	69 %	17 km/h
May	56 mm	10	15 h/day	52 %	66 %	16 km/h
June	63 mm	9	16 h/day	47 %	65 %	16 km/h
July	46 mm	8	15 h/day	36 %	62 %	15 km/h
August	36 mm	5	14 h/day	32 %	60 %	15 km/h
September	40 mm	5	13 h/day	45 %	66 %	16 km/h
October	41 mm	5	11 h/day	55 %	74 %	16 km/h
November	36 mm	6	9.5 h/day	66 %	81 %	16 km/h
December	39 mm	6	8.7 h/day	68 %	82 %	16 km/h

How Galaţi compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Galaţi	29 °C	-4.0 °C	501 mm	95
Constanţa · Romania	27 °C	-0.8 °C	519 mm	69
Ploieşti · Romania	27 °C	-4.9 °C	689 mm	70
Chisinau · Moldova	28 °C	-4.7 °C	538 mm	80
Bucharest · Romania	29 °C	-4.7 °C	668 mm	95
Braşov · Romania	23 °C	-7.4 °C	768 mm	29
Iaşi · Romania	27 °C	-5.5 °C	568 mm	75

Where Galaţi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Europe in September	1st of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	9th of 50	97/100
The warmest places in Europe in May	29th of 50	23 °C
The warmest places in Europe in June	39th of 50	27 °C
The driest places in Europe in November	46th of 50	36 mm
The driest places in Europe in September	47th of 50	40 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Galaţi.

QuestionsCommon questions about Galaţi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Galaţi?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, June, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Galaţi get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 31 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -4.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 83 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Galaţi?

June, averaging 63 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is February with 27 mm. The year as a whole averages 501 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Galaţi rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 45.437°, 28.050° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.