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Bucharest in January

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Bucharest is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 24°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Bucharest is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 33 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
24°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
9h 15mon average

Is January a good time to visit Bucharest?


January sits outside Bucharest's best months, which run from September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 41°F in January, against 41°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in January, against 5°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in January, against 23% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in January, against 23% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

9h 15m in January, against 8h 53m to 15h 29m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. December44°7°low 29°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. January41°5°low 24°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. February45°7°low 26°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Bucharest sits, in January

Europe/Bucharest

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:49 AMsets 5:00 PM
Above the sea
80 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Bucharest, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Bucharest is our one place in Romania so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Bucharest. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.