Târgu Mureş climate
Târgu Mureş is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.8 °C. June is the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (31 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Târgu Mureş averages 716 mm of rain, 57 days above 25 °C and 112 days below freezing.
Romania · population 212,752 · 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 August 26 °C
- Coldest month January -5.8 °C
- Driest month February 31 mm
- Wettest month June 100 mm
- Least cloud August 41 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 36 °C
- Coldest on record January -26 °C
What to expectTârgu Mureş through the year
Târgu Mureş has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.0 °C in January to 26 °C in August, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 57 days a year reach 25 °C, 10 of them reach 30 °C, 112 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 100 mm against 31 mm in February — 3.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0 °C | 32 mm | 68 % |
| February | 4.6 °C | 31 mm | 66 % |
| March | 9.6 °C | 45 mm | 61 % |
| April | 15.7 °C | 62 mm | 57 % |
| May | 20.4 °C | 83 mm | 58 % |
| June | 23.8 °C | 100 mm | 53 % |
| July | 25.6 °C | 85 mm | 47 % |
| August | 25.8 °C | 76 mm | 41 % |
| September | 20.8 °C | 70 mm | 52 % |
| October | 15.2 °C | 53 mm | 55 % |
| November | 9.0 °C | 39 mm | 63 % |
| December | 3.1 °C | 41 mm | 69 % |
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 | 2.0 °C | -5.8 °C | -2.1 °C | 14.5 °C | -26.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| February | 4.6 °C | -4.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 17.9 °C | -25.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| March | 9.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 4.3 °C | 23.3 °C | -19.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| April | 15.7 °C | 4.4 °C | 10.2 °C | 28.1 °C | -6.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 20.4 °C | 9.6 °C | 15.3 °C | 30.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 23.8 °C | 13.5 °C | 18.9 °C | 33.2 °C | 6.3 °C | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| July | 25.6 °C | 15.2 °C | 20.6 °C | 35.7 °C | 8.5 °C | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| August | 25.8 °C | 15.3 °C | 20.6 °C | 36.4 °C | 7.0 °C | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| September | 20.8 °C | 10.9 °C | 15.7 °C | 33.4 °C | 0.1 °C | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 15.2 °C | 5.7 °C | 10.2 °C | 29.4 °C | -4.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| November | 9.0 °C | 1.0 °C | 4.6 °C | 24.4 °C | -12.6 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| December | 3.1 °C | -3.7 °C | -0.5 °C | 14.1 °C | -25.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32 mm | 8 | 9.0 h/day | 68 % | 81 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 31 mm | 8 | 10 h/day | 66 % | 77 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 45 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 61 % | 71 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 62 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 57 % | 68 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 83 mm | 13 | 15 h/day | 58 % | 70 % | 13 km/h |
| June | 100 mm | 13 | 16 h/day | 53 % | 72 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 85 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 47 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 76 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 41 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 70 mm | 9 | 13 h/day | 52 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 53 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 76 % | 12 km/h |
| November | 39 mm | 8 | 9.4 h/day | 63 % | 81 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 41 mm | 9 | 8.6 h/day | 69 % | 82 % | 11 km/h |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Târgu Mureş.
QuestionsCommon questions about Târgu Mureş’s climate
When is the best time to visit Târgu Mureş?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Târgu Mureş get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 10 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 112 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Târgu Mureş?
June, averaging 100 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 31 mm. The year as a whole averages 716 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 Târgu Mureş 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.